JUDICIARY NEWS

Oyo Judiciary Commences E-Filing in Magistrate Courts

As part of efforts to digitalise the court and make justice dispensation in the state quick, effective and less cumbersome, the Oyo State Judiciary has commenced e-filing of court processes within its magistrate court. The e-filing for Oyo Magistracy was inaugurated on Monday…

12/12/2022

Lagos Judiciary Begins E-filing Processes

In his quest to speed up justice delivery in the state, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba has directed that lawyers and litigants can swear an oath through electronic means when filing their suits by electronic filing processes. This directive…

09/12/2022

NJC Reinstates Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia As Judge Of Federal High Court

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has reinstated Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia as a judge of the Federal High Court. The reinstatement takes immediate effect. This was contained in a circular of the Federal High Court notifying all judges of the court of this decision. The…

07/12/2022

Industrial Court President Orders Re-Opening of Owerri Division

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, OFR has ordered the re-opening of Owerri Judicial Division of the Court for normal Court sitting and commencement of other Court activities starting from Monday, 9th January 2023. Justice Kanyip gave…

07/12/2022

DSS Did Not Interrogate CJN – Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has dismissed insinuations that the Department of State Service (DSS) interrogated the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola over alleged pro-G5 governors comment. An online medium had reported that Justice Ariwoola was grilled by the DSS over the remark…

07/12/2022

SSS Grills Ariwoola

The Supreme Court has been enmeshed in an internal crisis, with at least five associate justices calling for the immediate resignation of Chief Justice Olukayode Ariwoola for his alleged partisanship, which has also resulted in his interrogation by the State Security Service…

06/12/2022

NJC Constitutes Committees to Probe 15 Judges Over Alleged Misconduct

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has constituted 15 committees to investigate allegations of misconduct against 15 judges of Federal and State courts. NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye in a statement on Friday, said the decision was taken at the council’s 99th meeting…

03/12/2022

Industrial Court President, Justice Kanyip Declares 2022 End of Year Vacation

The Hon. President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, OFR has declared Monday 19th December 2022 to Friday 6th January 2023 as end of the year and new year vacation. Justice Kanyip made the declaration pursuant to Order 58 Rule…

01/12/2022

How ICT Solves Justice Dispensation Challenges – CJN

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has said “the introduction of ICT into the judicial space” is helping to resolve the challenges of justice dispensation delay. He said this at the 2022 annual workshop for Judges on Legal Issues…

01/12/2022

More Judges Will Speed Up Justice Dispensation – Justice Binta Nyako

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court has called on the Federal Government to appoint more judges to facilitate the speedy trial of criminal cases. Justice Nyako made the call in Abuja at a policy roundtable organised by the Rule of Law…

30/11/2022

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