The Supreme Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, reserved judgment on the appeal filed by Sen. Aisha Dahiru Binani, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), against the re-election of Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa. Justice John Okoro-led a five-member panel of justices reserved judgment after taking arguments from all the parties involved….
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, fixed Friday, 12th of January 2024, for judgment in the Kano state governorship election appeals. According to Daily Trust, the secretary of the legal team for the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Barrister Bashir Tudun Wuzirci, confirmed this, saying, “Yes, it is officially confirmed. They have told us to appear…
Justice Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel of the Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that both the old and the new naira notes of N200, N500 and N1,000 remain valid legal tenders until further notice while ordering that the old and the redesigned naira notes should be in circulation beyond December 31, 2023. The apex court made…
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the new application filed by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to submit fresh evidence to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu. Justice John Inyang Okoro-led seven-man panel held that Atiku’s attempt to bring fresh evidence on whether Tinubu has an authentic diploma…
The Supreme Court on Thursday, dismissed the appeals of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, while affirming the election victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the February 25, 2023. The Informant247 reports that the Supreme Court through Dr Festus Akande, the…
Following the fire incident that occurred in some sections of the Supreme Court in the early hours of Monday, Dr Festus Akande, the Director of Press and Information of the apex Court, has reacted to the fire outbreak, saying the fire incident that gutted part of the court’s building did not affect the presidential election…
A justice of the supreme court, Chima Centus Nweze is dead. It was learned that the judge died on Sunday evening at the age of 64, after battling with sickness. Nweze was the fifth most senior justice of the court of appeal. With his death, the number of apex court justices has further reduced to…
The appointment process of more judges to join the bench has commenced by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. It was learned that 21 slots are available, but eight slots are needed to be occupied. The number reduced after the retirement of some justices. The slots are North-Central (2), North-West (1), South-East (2), South-South (1), South-West…
The Supreme Court has adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu till next month, May 2023. The Informant247 learned that the Court heard Kanu’s appeal today Thursday April 27. Kanu on November 3, 2022 brought the issue of his continuous detention by operatives of the Department of…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared the old naira notes N200, N500 and N1000 remain legal tender until December 31, 2023. This was revealed by the spokesperson of the apex bank, Isa Abdulmumin, CBN spokesperson in a statement on Monday, March 13, 2023. “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court…
President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) does not need his order before it would obey the judgement of the Supreme Court. The president on Monday, March 13 said the CBN does not need his consent before it would follow the directive of the apex court. This was revealed in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN has reacted to the claim that it ordered commercial banks to dispense and accept the old naira notes amid cashless policy crisis. The apex said it did not direct commercial banks to dispense and accept old naira notes, N500 and N1,000 from the people of the country. This was…
The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state, has told the Federal government, to comply with the judgement of the Supreme Court on the cashless policy initiated by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The Governor made this in a statement he personally signed in Akure, the capital of the state. He said…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has called on the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele to honour the judgment of the Supreme Court. The Informant247 earlier reported that the apex court ruled that the old N200, N500 and N1,000 notes should remain legal tender till December 31, 2023….
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 reaffirmed that the old Naira notes still remain legal tender till it delivers the final judgement on March 3, 2023. The apex court adjourned a case brought before it by some state governments against the federal government. The Court adjourned the case to March 3, 2023 for…
The Supreme Court, on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 adjourned a case brought before it by some state governments against the Federal Government. Some state governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC brought a case before the apex court, to challenge the stance of the federal government on the naira redesign policy….
The Supreme Court has said the controversy over the scarcity of the naira notes would be resolved today, February 22, 2023. The 7 man panel of the apex court led by Justice Inyang Okoro revealed that new parties willing to be part of the suit would not be given the opportunity to do so. He…
10 states have dragged the President Muhammadu Buhari led government and the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN to Supreme Court over the redesigned currency policy. The 10 states persuaded the apex court to declare the disobedience shown by the president to the order of the court as unconstitutional. They revealed that the national broadcast made…
Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has further established the judgement of the Supreme court of Nigeria which confirms the old naira notes as the legal tender pending the time the case before it is decided. In a broadcast message on Wednesday, Abdulrahman expressed his sympathy with the people of the state on the scarcity of…
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that its February 8 order barring the Federal Government and its agencies from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes still subsist. The court made the clarification on Wednesday following complaint by lawyer to Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states, Abdulhakeem…
