President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salaries and also improve the welfare of judicial officers in the country.
President Tinubu, whose speech was read by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF)…
The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, says of the three arms of government, legislators are the most misunderstood and attacked by Nigerians.
According to him, Nigerians blame lawmakers for everything, including things not directly under their control.
The Senate President, represented by the senator representing…
The Supreme Court in Abuja has clarified that only a nominated governorship candidate of a political party can determine who becomes the party’s deputy governorship candidate. This was made clear in a judgment delivered on Friday in an appeal filed by a…
A non-governmental organisation has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) against the failure of the Grand Khadi of the FCT Sharia Court, Ibrahim Rufai Imam, to retire aftet being due.
In the petition dated October 30, 2023 and signed by Onoja Johnson Baba…
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, on Friday condemned the attack on an Area Court judge in Gombe, calling for prompt investigation of the case.
This was contained in a statement on Friday issued by the NBA…
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday declared as unconstitutional, null and of no consequences, some sections of the Tax Appeal Tribunal (Procedure) Rules ( 2021), the Federal High Court of Nigeria (Federal Inland Revenue Service) Practice Directions…
Apparently jolted by the declining number of justices of the Supreme Court, chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has commenced the process of appointing 11 new judges to fill the bench depleted bench…
A foremost lawyer and pioneer Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, Professor Ben Nwabueze, is dead.
The family, in a statement by Eni Nwabueze, said the Senior Advocate of Nigeria passed on Sunday at the age of 94.
He said burial arrangements would be…
Against the backdrop of claims by former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Datijo, that the Chief Justice of Nigeria wields enormous powers capable of derailing the course of justice, the House of Representatives has reiterated its readiness to look at…
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has submitted a warrant of arrest and request to the Crown Prosecution Services of the United Kingdom for the urgent extradition of a former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Allison-Madueke.
The request…