JUDICIARY NEWS

Activities at the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, were yesterday paralysed as the generator supplying electricity to the court suddenly packed-up. Lawyers and litigants that were in court with the hope that it would begin proceedings at 9am left disappointed as the…

The outgoing Judge of Court of Appeal, Plateau State Division, Justice Mudashiru Nasiru Oniyangi, said judges are not the cause of delay in the dispensation of justice as erroneously believed by some Nigerians. According to him, judges work hard to ensure that cases…

The Chief Judge of Katsina State, Justice Musa Danladi Abubakar, has declared that 80% of the prison inmates in Katsina State are mostly those awaiting trials since 2016, due to the non-performance of the justice ministry as well as inadequate number of…

Court workers under the aegis of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria have threatened to embark on indefinite industrial action following the failure of some states to pass the law granting financial autonomy to the judiciary. They said only eight out of…

His Lordship, Hon. Justice (Prof) Elizabeth Ama Oji, FCIArb hails from Etiti-Edda, Afikpo South Local Government Area, of Ebonyi State. My Lord obtained Bachelor of Laws (LLB) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; attended the Nigerian Law School, Lagos, and was called to…

The Former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has expressed concern regarding proceedings at the Lagos State High Court, Igbosere that was stalled by darkness. Odinkalu tweeted that the judges could not work on that condition. “This is…

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Friday, inaugurated 34 model customary courts simultaneously across 17 LGAs. The governor also listed numerous remarkable achievements his administration has made in the provision of modern facilities in the State Judiciary to facilitate the dispensation of…

The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has sworn in Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik as the fourth female Chief Judge of the state. This is even as the governor also swore in Alhaji Musa Kigera as the Grand Khadi of the Sharia…

SENIOR operatives of the judiciary over the weekend commenced intense consultations to save the National Judicial Council (NJC) embarrassing wave of courts reversing more of its disciplinary decisions against judicial officers in the last 22 years., tribune reports. Court of Appeal sitting in…

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has voided the compulsory retirement of Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, who was indicted by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for dereliction of duty. In a unanimous judgment on Friday, a three-member panel of…