JUDICIARY NEWS

President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to sanction electoral offenders and ensure that politicians and their supporters play by election rules. Justice Dongban-Mensem averred that where INEC takes electoral crimes seriously…

Retired Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi of the Court of Appeal, Jos Division, on Tuesday, advocated for the decentralisation of the Supreme Court to speed up the dispensation of justice in the country. Oniyangi, who retired after 26 years on the bench, said this would…

The Honourable President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, His Lordship, Hon. Justice B. B. Kanyip, Ph.D, FNIALS has declared Monday, 11th April 2022 to Friday, 22nd April 2022 as Easter vacation holiday. Hon. President made the declaration pursuant to Order 58…

The Federal High Court is scheduled to vacate for its annual Easter break from the 8th of April, 2022. This notice was contained in an internal circular sent to All Judges of the Federal High Court by the Chief of Judge of…

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice K. O Alogba, has approved the dates for Easter Vacation. According to the notice 2022 Easter vacation will be the period between Friday, the 15th day of April 2022 to Friday, the 22nd day of April…

The Lagos State Judiciary has released new posting for Magistrates for the year 2022. According to an internal memo signed by the Deputy Chief Registrar (Admin), Rasaq O. Davies, the new posting and designations shall take effect from Monday, 28th of March,…

No fewer than 50 girls from the Nafada Local Government Area of Gombe State are expected to benefit from the scholarship scheme launched by Zainab Bulkachuwa, the immediate past president, and the first female president, of the Court of Appeal. The scholarship…

The National Judicial Council under the Chairmanship of Hon. Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad, CFR, at its 97th Meeting held on 15 and 16 March 2022 resolved to issue warning letters to two Judicial Officers of the Federal and State High Court.…

Justice Adeyemi Fasanmi of the Ondo State High Court has withdrawn from a murder case over the killing of some relatives of the Ajagunode of Ode Community, Oba Sunday Adewole Boboye, following allegations of being biased in his judgement by the monarch.…

The Ebonyi State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has dragged a judge of the Ebonyi State High Court, Justice H.A. Njoku before the Chief Judge, Justice Elvis Ngene, over an alleged abuse of office and gross misconduct. The party alleged…