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Federal High Court Marks 50 Years of Justice Delivery

The Federal High Court (FHC) will on Thursday mark 50 years of justice delivery in the Nigerian judicial system. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that FHC, which was established on 13 April 1973, was formerly known as Federal Revenue Court. It was…

13/04/2023

Ogun CJ Urges Magistrates to Embrace Digital Technology

Magistrates in Ogun State have been advised to take up the advantage of current innovations presented by digital technology, to facilitate dispensation of justice. The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, gave the advice at the 2023 Magistrates Association of Nigeria…

11/04/2023

New Legal Year: Supreme Court Delivers 272 Judgments So Far – CJN

The Supreme Court has so far delivered 272 judgments in the 2022/2023 Legal Year. Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, made this known in a statement while felicitating with Nigerian Christian and Muslim faithful over this year’s Easter cerebration and the…

09/04/2023

Kogi CJ Warns Judicial Officers against Negative Conduct

Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Josiah Joe Majebi, has cautioned judicial officers to avoid negative conduct in the discharge of their constitutional duties. Justice Majebi gave the warning at the Valedictory Court Session in honour of Justice Esther Onuche Haruna on her retirement…

08/04/2023

Rate Of Divorce In FCT Alarming — Judge

An Area Court judge in the Federal Capital Territory Magistrate Court, Sheikh Ayuba Abubakar, has described the rate of divorce in the FCT as alarming. He spoke in Abuja on Sunday at the annual Ramadan Programmme organized by the Afemai Islamic Movement (AIM),…

05/04/2023

Justice Adolphus Enebeli Retires After 31 Years Of Service

Justice Adolphus Enebeli, the jurist in the Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt who sentenced to death, the man accused of serially killing women in hotels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Gracious David West has retired from the bench. The 40-year-old David-West…

01/04/2023

Judiciary Sacks Judge, Demotes 2 Others Over Misconduct, Abuse of Office in Niger

The Niger State Judicial Service Commission (NJSC) has sacked from service the Magistrate Court judge in Salka, Magama local government of the state, Mohammed Bako Iya with immediate effect, over alleged gross misconduct and abuse of judicial power. The NJSC also…

29/03/2023

Lagos State Judiciary Approves One Week Easter Holiday For Workers

Lagos State judiciary has approved one week of Easter holiday for its workers. The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, in a statement on Tuesday, approved April 7 to April 14 as a holiday for the judicial workers to celebrate Easter. The…

23/03/2023

Hoodlums Set Ebonyi High Court Building Ablaze

An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Owutu Edda Community in Afikpo South Local Government Area has been set ablaze by hoodlums barely 24 hours after the governorship and house of assembly elections. In an interview with press, the Registrar of the Court,…

22/03/2023

NJC Recommends The Compulsory Retirement Of A Chief Judge

The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of Hon. Justice Kayode Ariwoola, GCON, at its 101st Meeting of 16 March 2023 has recommended the compulsory retirement of Hon. Justice F. B. Andetur, the Chief Judge of Taraba State High Court with immediate…

17/03/2023

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