A fire outbreak has razed the Kwara State High Court Complex located in the Government Reservation Area, Ilorin, the state capital.
The fire, which started on Tuesday morning, damaged 40 offices, three open courtrooms, the Registry department, and the Litigation Office of the…
The inauguration of 11 newly appointed Supreme Court Justices is being delayed due to accommodation and logistical constraints, inside sources have revealed.
Forty days after 11 justices were screened and confirmed by the Senate following their nomination for elevation to the Supreme Court…
An audit report from the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation uncovers financial irregularities at the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The report reveals that the court spent over N12 billion in breach of financial regulations over a five-year period. The audit…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has reportedly nominated his daughter-in-law, Justice Victoria Oluwakemi, as a judge to the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja.
The nomination was revealed through documents obtained by Peoples Gazette and judiciary sources familiar with the…
The Court of Appeal President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has set up a tribunal to hear petitions on Saturday’s by-elections in Lagos and Oyo states.
The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted by-elections and rerun polls in 80 local government areas of 26 states, across…
Chief Judge, CJ, of Niger State, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has approved the temporary relocation of Lapai High Court to the Chief Magistrate Court Complex in Lapai, Lapai Local Government Area, due to the deplorable state of the court
This was disclosed in…
Justice Ekaete F. Fabian-Obot, the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, has asked the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Uyo Branch, to propose eight competent lawyers for appointment as High Court Judges.
Justice Fabian-Obot stated in a letter dated January 22nd that the National…
A judge of the Anambra State High Court, Justice Promise Otti, has threatened to stop sitting if the disobedience to her court’s orders continues.
Visibly angry when she entered the court on Thursday, Justice Otti of High Court 3, Awka Judicial Division, told…
The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, swore in three judges and two permanent secretaries.
The swearing-in of the judges took place at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, while the permanent secretaries were sworn in at the Executive Chambers, Governor’s…
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, along with Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima, conducted an on-site visit to the scene of the Tuesday night explosion in Ibadan on Friday.
The CJN, who was accompanied by justices H.M. Ogunwumiju,…