Nigeria’s Supreme Court held a special session on November 27, 2023, to formally usher in a new legal year. It provides an occasion for a retrospective on the performance of
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If you are not confused by the series of glaringly contradictory judgments coming out of the 2023 general election petition tribunals across the country, even up to the level of

Ezenwa Nwagwu, chairman of Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA), a civil society organisation (CSO), says incessant attacks against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the judiciary

In 1961, the Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, enjoined Justice Adetokunbo Ademola to “never waiver from the truth” and a charged him that if he committed a crime

Joyce Banda, Malawi’s fourth (and first female) president, was in Nigeria earlier this month as a guest of the Nnamdi

BY FIDELIS M. TANKO Since the election petition tribunals and the courts of appeal across the country began to pass

A political party is described as a group of people who hold similar political ideologies and work fervently, by way

Hakeem Oshodi, a judge at the Ikeja high court, Lagos state, has warned members of the public to stop leaving

In July 1977, the Organization of African Unity adopted a Convention for the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa. It offered

Off-cycle elections in Nigeria are held outside the usual timetable for general elections. When Nigeria returned to democratic, civilian rule