EMERGENCY POWERS, JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, AND DEMOCRATIC SAFEGUARDS In this opinion article, Dr. Monday Ubani SAN, human rights activist and former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Vice President, critically analyzesthe latest Supreme Court’s decision on Emergency Rule and Suspension of Elected Officials in AG Adamawa & 10 Ors v AG of the Federation & Anor (Suit No. SC/CV/329/2025) Abstract The...
Apex Igbo sociocultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed disappointment over the life imprisonment sentence by Justice James Omotosho on the leader of proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, even as it insisted on political solution. Spokesman of Ohanaeze, Dr. Ezechi Chukwu, in a statement on Friday, disclosed that the President-General of Ohanaeze...
The Judges’ Performance Evaluation Committee of the National Judicial Council (NJC), chaired by HRH Hon. Justice Bage Muhammad I, has once again praised Hon. Justice Nelson Ogbuanya of the National Industrial Court for outstanding performance in the 1st and 2nd Quarters of the 2024 Assessment of Return of Cases by Judges of Superior Courts of...
IN THE CASE OF SENATOR NATASHA AKPOTI-UDUAGHAN VS THE SENATE AND OTHERS BY CASMIR OJUKWU I. INTRODUCTION The judgment of Hon. Justice Binta Nyako delivered on 4th July 2025 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sparked widespread public discourse, particularly concerning her Lordship’s observations on the six-month suspension imposed on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan by...