JUDICIARY

Supreme Court Justices Reduced To 10 As Justice Dattijo Bows Out October 27

The number of Justices on the bench of the Supreme Court has been reduced to 10 with the impending retirement from the apex court of Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad on Friday, October 27, 2023. The retirement notice served on the Court’s management by…

22/10/2023

THE LIST: Judges That Will Hear Atiku, Obi’s Appeal Against Tinubu

The Supreme Court has constituted a seven-member panel of justices to hear the appeal in the petitions filed by three presidential candidates challenging the outcome of the February 25 election. The notices for the hearing were served on the presidential candidate of the…

21/10/2023

15 Niger Courts Shut Over Banditry – Chief Judge

The Chief Judge of the Niger State, Justice Halima Abdulmalik, has revealed that the activities of bandits have forced four magistrates’ courts and 11 Sharia courts to shut down in the state. Justice Abdulmalik, who recalled the killing of the registrar of the…

19/10/2023

Niger CJ Dismisses 32 Judicial Staff Over Corrupt Practices

Justice Halima Abdulmalik, the Chief Judge of Niger State, has revealed that the state Judicial Service Commission terminated the employment of 32 judicial staff due to their involvement in corruption and corrupt practices in the past year. Speaking at the special court session…

17/10/2023

Appeal Court President Asks Parties To Transfer All Election Appeals To Abuja, Lagos

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has asked parties and their counsel to move all appeals arising from election petition cases across the country to the Abuja and Lagos divisions of the appellate court. The order affects Governorship, National…

16/10/2023

CJN to Judges: Be Mindful of Your Conduct While Alive

As justices, lawyers and critical stakeholders in the justice sector eulogize late Justice Chima Nweze, a former Justice of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has harped on the need for judicial officers to be mindful…

10/10/2023

Ondo Assembly Petitions NJC Over Federal High Court Restraining Order

The Ondo State House of Assembly has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) expressing displeasure over a Federal High Court order restraining the legislative house from performing its functions as an arm of government. The state House of Assembly in the petition described…

03/10/2023

CJN To Inaugurate 23 Judges

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in the newly appointed 23 Judges of the Federal High Court on Wednesday. A statement by the Court’s Director of Press and Information on Sunday, Dr Festus Akande, said the judges…

02/10/2023

NNPP Drags Justice Anya to NJC

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC), over alleged uncomplimentary comments credited to Justice Benson Anya, against the party and its members while delivering judgment on the Kano governorship elections. Justice Anya was alleged to have said…

26/09/2023

Appeal Court Delivers 7,295 Judgments, 3,665 Motions

President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, yesterday, said the court delivered 7,295 judgments and 3,665 motions in the 2022/2023 legal year. She made the disclosure at the commencement of the 2023/2024 new legal year. The PCA added that 98…