THE Supreme Court of Nigeria has reaffirmed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has the constitutional authority to designate locations for elections, including for inmates in correctional facilities across the country. In Victor Emenuwe & 4 ORS (for an behalf of inmates in Nigeria) v. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) & Anor (Appeal … Read more
ON Friday, March 7 2025, Nigeria’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence handed down to Sunday Jackson, a farmer in his 30s. Jackson had been convicted of killing Fulani herdsman Ardo Bawuro during a violent altercation on his farmland. Despite pleading self-defence, Jackson was charged under Section 211 of the Adamawa State Penal Code, which … Read more
MEMBERS of staff of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) say they have been rendered idle following the Supreme Court judgment which nullified the commission’s establishment Act. In separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, some of the workers narrated their frustration on how they go to work daily, only … Read more
THE US Supreme Court has ruled against President Donald Trump’s attempt to freeze $2bn in foreign aid payments, marking a significant legal defeat for his administration. In a 5-4 decision, the court upheld a lower court order requiring the disbursement of funds for aid contracts already completed. According to AFP, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice … Read more
KENYA’S Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended a lower court’s decision that declared the 2023 Finance Law unconstitutional. The suspension aims to maintain budget stability until the government’s appeal is heard next month. The finance laws, presented to parliament annually, are crucial for outlining the government’s revenue-raising strategies, including tax increases. The Court of Appeal’s recent … Read more
THE Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) has expressed its profound satisfaction with Thursday’s Supreme Court’s judgment that granted financial autonomy to the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued by the forum’s Director of National Publicity and Advocacy, Mr Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the … Read more
THE recent Supreme Court judgment mandating direct allocation of funds to Local Government Areas (LGAs) from the Federation Account, overseen by democratically elected officials, marks a pivotal shift in Nigeria’s democratic and economic landscape. By enforcing the constitutional provision that prevents state governments from retaining and utilising funds meant for LGAs, the apex court has … Read more
STAKEHOLDERS in Kaduna, Kano and Katsina States said Thursday’s judgment of the Supreme Court on the autonomy of the 774 LGAs was a huge victory for democracy. A cross-section of these elated critical stakeholders in the country’s LG system spoke in separate interviews with the Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the … Read more
THE supreme court judgement today, July 11, 2024, directing the Federal Government to pay allocations due to Local Government Areas directly to their account thereby abolishing the old practices of State-Local Government Joint Account,is timely and courageous. What the judgement has done is more like interpreting section 162 of the Constitution, which provides for … Read more
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, declared that it was unconstitutional for state governors to hold onto funds meant for Local Government (LG) administrations. In its lead judgement read by Justice Emmanuel Agim, the apex court observed that the refusal of state government on financial autonomy for local governments had gone on for over two decades. … Read more