A total of 36,712 cases are pending in various courts in Rivers, the Chief judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, said on Thursday in Port Harcourt.
Amadi said at a special court session to mark the beginning of the 2023/2024 Legal Year in the state…
A retired justice of the Court of Appeal, Professor Mojeed Owoade, has proposed the adoption of one-time final adjudication for election petitions in the country.
The professor of law said the innovation would reduce the workload on courts, save cost and uplift the…
The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf, revealed on Monday that both high courts and magistrates courts in the Territory received a total of 13,306 new cases in the 2022–2023 legal year, while they determined 11,621 matters…
Apparently jolted by the declining number of justices of the Supreme Court, chairman of the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has commenced the process of appointing 11 new judges to fill the bench depleted bench…
Against the backdrop of claims by former Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Datijo, that the Chief Justice of Nigeria wields enormous powers capable of derailing the course of justice, the House of Representatives has reiterated its readiness to look at…
A retiring member of the bench at the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Dattijo, on Friday, lamented that the power vested in the Chief Justice of Nigeria and alleged that the refusal to fill the vacant slot of the South-East on the apex…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has revealed that the Supreme Court now has the lowest number of Justices in the history of Nigeria.
Justice Ariwoola made this revelation at the retirement ceremony of Justice Musa Dattijo Mohammed who reached…
Former first lady of Rivers State and a judge of the Rivers State High Court, Eberechi Wike, has advocated for amputation of people found guilty of defiling minors.
Wike stated this on Tuesday, October 24, on the sidelines of the 2nd National Conference…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has emphasized the importance of the judiciary’s role as neutral arbiters and the guardians of democratic values to uphold public trust in the judicial system.
Ariwoola made this statement during a three-day retreat for…
A former Chief Judge of Anambra State, Prof. Peter Umeadi, says political, not judicial, approach should be applied in the case of the detained leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu.
The retired judge, who spoke to journalists in Abuja…
