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The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict birthright citizenship, preserving the long-standing constitutional interpretation that most children born in the United States are automatically U.S. citizens, including children born to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily present in the country. “Children born in the United States to parents unlawfully or temporarily present are ‘subject to the jurisdiction’ of the United States and are citizens at birth under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause,” the court said. “The Framers of the Fourteenth Amendment extended that promise to ‘every free-born person in this land.’ We keep that promise…

A High Court sitting in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a foreign national, to death by hanging, following their conviction on charges bothering on terrorism and arms proliferation. The convicts, Yusuf Muhammad (alias Sallau), a Nigeriene, Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, and Kabiru Muhammad were apprehended on 13th June, 2025, by the Department of State Services Counter Terrorism Unit in connection with cross-border criminal activities bordering on arms trafficking and terrorism. The case, marked SS/45c/2026, was presided over by Justice Muhammad Nuraddeen Bello of High Court No. 23, Sokoto. Delivering judgment, Justice Bello found all three defendants guilty as charged…

The Lagos State Electricity Regulatory Commission has said electricity supply licensees cannot recover charges that are more than 12 months old. The commission disclosed this in a consumer awareness message published on its official social media platform as part of efforts to enlighten electricity consumers on their rights. According to LASERC, consumers should not be made to pay charges older than 12 months except in cases involving meter tampering, illegal use of electricity, or obstruction of meter reading. “Electricity supply licensees cannot recover charges older than 12 months, except in cases of meter tampering, illegal use, and obstruction of meter…

The Federal Government has started new efforts to improve tax collection in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and stop the problem of multiple taxation. The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Mr. Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this after a meeting with the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, on Sunday. According to Oyedele, the meeting focused on strengthening cooperation between the Ministry of Finance and the FCT Administration to support development projects in Abuja. A major part of the discussion was how to improve tax administration in the territory. He explained that the proposed tax harmonisation would create…

A Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday set aside its earlier judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party. Justice Isah Dashen, the presiding judge held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter. The court upheld the application filed by the Peace Movement Party (PMP), ruling that the party was a necessary party to the suit. According to the judge, the earlier judgment was constitutionally defective as it was delivered without hearing from all interested parties.…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has imposed a personal cost of ₦50 million on a legal practitioner, S.M. Danyaro, over what it described as a vexatious, irresponsible, abusive and unprofessional application filed before the apex court. The ruling was delivered by Justice Chioma Egondu Nwosu-Iheme, JSC, in relation to proceedings arising from Appeal No. SC.266/2017. In the ruling, Justice Nwosu-Iheme agreed with the lead ruling delivered by Justice Jamilu Yammama Tukur, JSC, and held that the application was one of the most thoughtless and irresponsible applications ever brought before the Supreme Court. The court described the application as unusual, vexatious,…

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has asked members of the legal profession and the public to disregard a publication by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) concerning the issuance of secured tamper-proof seals for Notaries Public. In a statement on Thursday by the Head of the Notary Public Unit of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Hadiza Bamaiyi, the court said its attention had been drawn to the NBA publication dated 21 June, which referenced a letter dated 11 October 2024 on the subject of secured tamper-proof seals for Notaries Public. Notaries public play crucial roles in the administration of justice.They are…

Nigeria has taken another significant step in its ongoing constitutional reform process with the release of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, which seeks to provide for the establishment of State Police and other related matters. The proposed legislation represents one of the most consequential security-sector reforms currently under consideration, as it aims to create a constitutional framework for the operation of state-controlled police services alongside the existing federal policing structure. Why the Bill Matters For many years, the debate over state policing has remained at the forefront of national discourse. Advocates argue…

The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has officially released the list of candidates who have successfully progressed through the preliminary stages of the 2026 Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) conferment exercise. In a press release dated 23 June 2026, the Committee announced that the shortlisted applicants have completed key assessment stages required for consideration for the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria. Candidates Successfully Scale Preliminary Stages According to the LPPC, the applicants successfully passed through the following evaluation processes: Advocacy and Academic Qualification Stages Academic Qualification Review Academic Qualification Exercise Independent Appeals Hearing Law Office Inspection Exercise The…

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke ​was found not guilty of six bribery charges by a London jury on Wednesday, after a rare corruption trial of a high-profile former energy official. The ‌verdicts are a major blow to British authorities, who began their investigation into corruption allegations against Alison-Madueke more than a decade ago. “This case has exposed just how tough it is to investigate and prosecute alleged corruption involving political elites,” said Zainab Saleem from campaign group Spotlight on Corruption. Alison-Madueke, the first woman to be Nigeria’s minister for petroleum resources, who served between 2010 and 2015 under then-President…