JUDICIARY

Bauchi Chief Judge Releases 21 Awaiting Trial Inmates

The Chief Judge of Bauchi State, Justice Rabi Talatu Umar, has during her routine quarterly review cases visit to various correctional centres across the state ordered the release of 21 awaiting trial inmates. Justice Umar, who made this known when she paid homage…

27/10/2022

Industrial Court Collaborates With ICPC, Inaugurates Anti-Corruption Transparency Unit

In line with the commitment of the National Industrial Court to win the war against any form of corruption, the Hon. President, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip, OFR on Monday 24th October 2022 led the Judges, top Management Staff, and Staff to witness…

26/10/2022

Judges’ Transfer Not About Nnamdi Kanu – Appeal Court

The Court of Appeal headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday clarified that the transfer of its 21 Justices to various divisions in the country has nothing to do with the judgment of the Court that discharged and quashed the terrorism charges against the…

25/10/2022

Kogi Acting Chief Judge Condemns Corrupt Practices Among Judges

The Acting Chief Judge of the state, Hon. Justice Josiah Majebi has condemned corrupt practices, saying that the Council of Judges had critically evaluated the negative effect of the menace on the integrity of institutions in the country. He noted that the Council…

24/10/2022

Magistrates Reject Police Case Files Over Withdrawal Of Prosecutors From Ondo Courts

The Magistrate Courts in Ondo State have rejected all the criminal cases forwarded to them by the state’s Police Command over the withdrawal of prosecutors attached to the courts by the legal section of the Command. There has been tension between the…

24/10/2022

3 Justices Who Sat On Nnamdi Kanu’s Appeal Transferred

Three justices of the Appeal Court who sat on the panel that dismissed the 15-count terrorism charge against the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have been transferred from their various divisions. Last week, the Appeal Court held…

24/10/2022

Competence, skills needed to function in judiciary –LJSC

The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Judicial Service Commission, Mrs Olubukola Salami, has urged judicial staff on grade levels 01 to 09 to acquire requisite skills in their fields to boost their competence. In her address at a three-day retreat for junior and senior…

23/10/2022

[FULL LIST]: Court of Appeal Releases New List of Posting of Justices

The Court of appeal has released the latest posting of justices for the 2022/23 legal year. The new list signed by the President of the Court, Hon. Justice Dongban Mensem and made available to The Lawyer states that the posting takes effect from…

18/10/2022

Lagos State Judicial Service Commission Terminates Appointment of Two Magistrates

The Lagos State Judicial Service Commission has terminated the appointments of Magistrates Oluwatoyin Gwendolyn Oghre and Humenu Olajuwon Amos as members of the State Judiciary for misconduct. A statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mrs. Olubukola O. Salami said the…

18/10/2022

FCT Chief Judge Signs Guidelines For Trial Of Sexual, Gender-Based Violence Cases

In a bid to enable as well as enhance the workability of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) VAPP Act, 2015 in the Federal Capital, the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf on Monday signed practice direction…

18/10/2022

JUDICIARY

Bauchi Chief Judge Releases 21 Awaiting Trial Inmates

Industrial Court Collaborates With ICPC, Inaugurates Anti-Corruption Transparency Unit

Judges’ Transfer Not About Nnamdi Kanu – Appeal Court

Kogi Acting Chief Judge Condemns Corrupt Practices Among Judges

Magistrates Reject Police Case Files Over Withdrawal Of Prosecutors From Ondo Courts

3 Justices Who Sat On Nnamdi Kanu’s Appeal Transferred

Competence, skills needed to function in judiciary –LJSC

[FULL LIST]: Court of Appeal Releases New List of Posting of Justices

Lagos State Judicial Service Commission Terminates Appointment of Two Magistrates

FCT Chief Judge Signs Guidelines For Trial Of Sexual, Gender-Based Violence Cases

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