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Yemi Osinbajo Criticises Supreme Court, Seeks Judicial Reform

Yemi Osinbajo Criticizes Supreme Court, Seeks Judicial Reform

October 21, 2025 10:19 am

Former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo calls for deep reforms in Nigeria’s justice system, accusing the Supreme Court of inconsistency and rigidity.

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has criticized the Supreme Court for prioritizing technicalities over justice, urging a complete overhaul of the country’s judicial system.

Speaking at the second Professor Yusuf Ali Annual Lecture in Ilorin, Kwara State, on October 9, 2025, Osinbajo said the judiciary’s continued dependence on outdated colonial-era procedures has weakened public trust and undermined the pursuit of justice.

Addressing an audience at Kwara State University (KWASU), the law professor argued that the …

Alex Jones Supreme Court $1.4B Defamation Ruling Stands

Alex Jones Supreme Court $1.4B Defamation Ruling Stands

October 14, 2025 3:11 pm

On October 14, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review Alex Jones’s appeal seeking to overturn a roughly $1.4 billion defamation judgment tied to his false claims that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax. 

This refusal leaves in place the ruling against Jones and his media enterprise, Infowars, and paves the way for the Sandy Hook families to pursue enforcement and collection of the damages awarded.

Jones had argued that the financial burden imposed on him amounted to a “financial death penalty” and that he deserved protections under the First Amendment similar to journalists. His legal …

Colorado conversion therapy challenge heads to Supreme Court

Colorado Conversion Therapy Challenge Head To Supreme Court

October 7, 2025 2:01 pm

The U.S. Supreme Court on October 7, 2025, appeared open to a challenge against Colorado’s 2019 law banning licensed psychotherapists from performing “conversion therapy” for minors—a law that prohibits attempts to change a young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. The dispute reached the high court via a First Amendment claim brought by Christian counselor Kaley Chiles, who argues the statute unlawfully restricts her speech rights.

In oral argument, conservative justices probed whether Colorado’s law amounts to viewpoint discrimination by permitting affirming therapy but forbidding counseling aimed at reducing same-sex attraction or changing gender identity. Colorado’s defenders, however, maintain the …

U.S. May Owe Over $200B if Trump Loses Tariff Lawsuit

U.S. May Owe Over $200B If Trump Loses Tariff Lawsuit

September 3, 2025 11:29 am

American businesses could be in line for refunds exceeding $200 billion if the Supreme Court upholds a recent federal appeals court ruling that President Donald Trump unlawfully imposed sweeping tariffs during his second term.

The case centers on Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to levy duties on imports from countries including India, Brazil, and China—at rates as high as 50% and, in China’s case, 145%. The appeals court determined his actions exceeded his legal authority.

As of August 24, US companies had paid more than $210 billion in tariffs now deemed illegal. Trump acknowledged Tuesday …

Lawan's Coup And The Recklessness Of The Nigerian Judiciary

Lawan’s Coup And The Recklessness Of The Nigerian Judiciary

February 9, 2023 4:02 am

The concept of Justice is not a natural phenomenon to humans who are naturally prone to unjust and selfish actions, but the struggle for justice remains one of the noblest acts in society. The pursuit of justice in Nigeria has come under very intense attack lately, and even more worrisome is the fact that it is the institution which is being looked up to protect the rule of law that is now raping it gruesomely. 

The judiciary in Nigeria is confronted with a challenge of credibility that is as old as the return of democracy in 1999. Bearing in mind …

2024 Gubernatorial Race: Why Uzodinma Must Not Be Returned

2024 Gubernatorial Race: Why Uzodinma Must Not Be Returned

November 21, 2022 11:36 pm

A few weeks ago, Nigeria’s electoral umpire, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), announced that the next gubernatorial election in Imo State will be held on the 11th of November, 2023. This was a confirmation that following the January 2020 Supreme court magic, Imo State has now joined the League of Nigerian states that now hold off-cycle governorship elections.

As expected, the cloud is gathering and the rainmakers are smiling. The usual gladiators have commenced their usual games and this time, they are not prepared to leave any stone unturned for any reason. The prize is Douglas House and it seems …

Kanu Appeal Court Orders Transmission Of Records To S'Court

Kanu: Appeal Court Orders Transmission Of Records To S’Court

October 29, 2022 6:01 am

The Court of Appeal has charged the Supreme Court an expeditious hearing in the Federal Government’s appeal against its judgment that discharged Nnamdi Kanu from the charges brought against him by the Federal reserve bothering on terrorism.

To this end, the Appellate Court on Friday ordered its own Registry to compile and transmit to the Supreme Court within seven days the record of appeal in respect of the judgment delivered on October 13.

The Appellate Court in a ruling on Friday in Abuja also ordered that counsel for the parties, (Kanu and Federal Government) are to settle the records immediately …

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

Kenya’s Supreme Court To Rule On Disputed Presidential Poll

September 5, 2022 6:23 am

Kenya’s Supreme Court will on Monday (today) whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month’s presidential election, a ruling that is anxiously awaited in the East African country that is scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence.

The seven-member court are expected to rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto’s narrow win was the product of massive fraud. Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by …

About Ketanji Jackson, First Black Woman In US Supreme Court

July 1, 2022 7:03 pm

The United States has marked another historical moment on the milestone of female liberation as Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman who would be serving on the United States’ Supreme Court.

The 51-year-old Ketanji Brown Jackson’s appointment by Democratic President Joe Biden has also revealed that white men are not in the majority on the nation’s highest court for the first time in 233 years since its inception.

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While her confirmation is a milestone, it does not actually effect any change to the 6-3 conservative …

Senate Moves To Probe EX-CJN Tanko, Despite Resignation

Senate Moves To Probe EX-CJN Tanko, Despite Resignation

June 29, 2022 5:36 am

Notwithstanding the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), the Nigerian Senate has resolved to continue with its investigation into the crisis in the Supreme Court which purportedly contributed to his exit. 

Senators in the upper chamber of the National Assembly made the resolution during the plenary on Tuesday following a motion moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that concerns over the poor welfare conditions and challenging work environment in the supreme court were expressed by Supreme …

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

Biden Slams Historic Supreme Court Ruling On Abortion

June 25, 2022 6:25 am

US President, Joe Biden has frowned at the decision of the US Supreme Court to put a stop to the right to abortion, going on to accuse the courts of putting women’s lives at risk in the name of an ‘extreme ideology.’

‘The court has done what it has never done before, expressly take away a constitutional right that is so fundamental to so many Americans,’ Biden lamented.

‘It’s a realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error by the Supreme Court in my view.’

Read Also: Access To Safe Abortions Important To Save Lives – WHO Chief

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In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

In Historic Ruling, US Supreme Court Ends Right To Abortion

June 25, 2022 5:10 am

In a landmark decision that overturns 50 years of constitutional protections on one of the most contentious and fiercely contested topics in American politics, the US Supreme Court on Friday abolished the right to an abortion.

The conservative-dominated court declared that individual states can now legalise or restrict the procedure on their own, overturning the historic ‘Roe v. Wade’ ruling from 1973 that established a woman’s right to an abortion.

‘The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives,’ …

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