JUDICIARY NEWS

Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has granted 33 inmates from three out of five Custodial Centres of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCS) in the State amnesty. Eight of the inmates were released from Ikoyi custodial centre, 25 from Maximum and Medium…

Activities at the Federal High Court in Lagos were crippled on Wednesday following an almost eight-hour power blackout. The court was in darkness from about 8am. It was gathered that the court authorities could not resort to an alternative power source because the two…

Kidnappers on Sunday abducted Presiding Justice of the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, Rita Pemu, around 11am. The Judge was seized while travelling from Owerri to Benin city along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala Road. Disclosing this in a statement, the Chairman of Nigeria Bar Association(NBA) in Imo…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon (Dr) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has clarified that the country’s judiciary is open to initiatives aimed at improving and strengthening the capacity of judicial officers in the handling of cases on emerging crime trend in…

Ondo State’s Judiciary generated N165 million in 2021, the highest revenue generated by Ministries, Departments and Agencies that year, according to the state’s internal revenue service. Tolu Adegbie, Chairman, Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), made the declaration on Friday in Akure…

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba and members of the Force Management Team, on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 paid a courtesy visit to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR, in his office at the Supreme…

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Kazeem Alogba, has said that Small Claims Courts will strengthen Micro Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, (MSMEs) in the GIZ-SEDIN partner states if managed and effectively operated. Alogba stated this at the opening of a three-day peer…

Chief Judge of Zamfara State, Justice Kulu Aliyu, has inaugurated a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations levelled against the state Deputy Governor, Alh Mahdi Aliyu Gusau. Inaugurating the panel on Monday, Justice Kulu disclosed that their inauguration followed a letter she received…

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, has described the magistrate court as an integral and critical aspect of justice institution in Nigeria with shared responsibilities for dispensation of justice. Justice Baba-Yusuf said this on Monday while…

Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and the National Judicial Institute (NJI) have agreed to intensify their collaboration in the training of judges to enhance the adjudication of intellectual property (IP) matters in the country. The two Government agencies reached the agreement during a…