Supreme Court Archives - Intervention

Justice James Ogebe (rtd) and Prof Okwudiba Nnoli as Questions

Posted By: adminon: March 23, 2025In: SpectacleTags: 9/11, CORRUPTION, ethnicity, Fantasy, Knowledge/power, Okello Oculi, Supreme Court, Things Fall Apart, USSRNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Saturday March 21st, 2025 happened to be the 85th and 86th birthday anniversary of two Nigerians who are eminent in different ways. One is Justice James Ogebe, a retired Just... Read more

Intellectuals of Electoral Governance Identify Nine Burning Issue – Areas in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 11, 2024In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Electoral governance, INEC, LGAs, SIEC, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

Implementing transparent mechanisms for direct funding to Local Government Areas (LGAs) so as to enhance local governance and development; strengthening the independence and capacity of Stat... Read more

Supreme Court Ruling Challenges Foundation of the Nigerian State

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2024In: Policy & GovernanceTags: AG Lagos Versus AG Federation, ASS, ECOWAS, Federal Government, Federating states, Local Government autonomy, NIIA, NILDS, OBASANJO, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

This piece is re-published here within the context of the imperative of giving space to contending reactions to the Supreme Court ruling on financial autonomy of local government councils. T... Read more

How President Tinubu Can Remake the LGCs in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: July 15, 2024In: Policy & GovernanceTags: APC, Governors, INEC, Joint Accounts Allocation Committee, LGCs, Shehu Shagari, SIEC, Supreme Court, Wole SoyinkaNo CommentsViews:

By Chief Stephen Lawani President Bola Tinubu has, from a completely unexpected angle, offered something unifying of Nigerians. It is last Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling granting financial... Read more

Supreme Court Ruling Welcome But Insufficient Guarantee of LGC Autonomy in Nigeria – Lawani

Posted By: adminon: July 12, 2024In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Governors, INEC, Local Government Council, SIEC, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

The Supreme Court ruling on the financial autonomy for Local Government Councils will require an additional condition to make that tier of government functional and relevant. This is the vie... Read more

Oriental Lawyers for Justice Asks Supreme Court to Deliver Justice, Not Judgement, in Enugu Governorship Election Petition

Posted By: adminon: December 18, 2023In: De-EscalationTags: Enugu governorship election petition, Governor Peter Mbah, Honourable Chijioke Edeoga, Justice Walter Onogen, Labour Party, PDP, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

Might a new theatre of judicial contestation beyond Kano be opening in Nigeria, this time over the governorship of Enugu State? This question becomes inevitable following a distinction betwe... Read more

Justice Adam Onum and the Idoma Confusion

Posted By: adminon: December 31, 2017In: Policy & GovernanceTags: Governor Aper Aku, Senate President, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

If the cry of joy has not registered on the national radar, the problem must then lie with the disruptive impact of the fuel supply crease across Nigeria in the past three weeks. Otherwise,... Read more

Judicial Workload:

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

Judicial Workload: “Permit me to reiterate my comments made during the opening of the 2016-2017 Legal Year when I opined that our Supreme C... Read more