The Senate has confirmed the appointment of Joseph Oyewole as a justice of Nigeria’s Supreme Court after lawmakers unanimously adopted a report endorsing his nomination. The confirmation followed the presentation
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, has criticised a Supreme Court ruling that upheld the president’s authority to declare a state of emergency and suspend elected officials. In
Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Thursday held its first hearing in a high-profile blasphemy case that could have far-reaching implications for the application of sharia law in the country. Lawyers for
