JUDICIARY NEWS

Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Williams Akintoroye, has granted pardon to 18 inmates serving jail terms for major and minor offences including such as murder, rape, conspiracy at various Nigerian Correctional Service in the State. Justice Akintoroye granted the pardon when…

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) paid over N400 million to contractors for various projects in 2019, but cannot provide any documents to justify the expenditures, a new report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation (OAuGF) has said. Basic…

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, on Friday asked judges to always be wary of actions that could put their good reputation and the court in bad light. He also expressed happiness that none of the judges of…

The National Judicial Council, at its 96th Meeting of 14 and 15 December 2021 considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end of deliberation, Council recommended the under-listed names of Sixty-four successful candidates to their various…

Hon. Justice G. M Kamyal of High Court 9 in West of Mines Jos, Plateau State, has exposed a counsel who attempted to solicit a favour in a case treated before him. While narrating in open court how a counsel made an…

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, Justice John Tsoho, says about 30,197 criminal cases were filed between September 2020 and June 2021. Justice Tsoho disclosed this, on Thursday, while delivering a speech to formally declare the 2021/2022 legal year…

The National Judicial Council rose from its two days meeting held on 14 and 15 December 2021, with a resolution to bar the three Judges of Courts of concurrent jurisdiction who granted conflicting Exparte Orders in matters with same parties and subject…

The High Courts in Lagos will be on 2021 Christmas vacation from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3. The Courts will resume sittings on Jan. 4, 2022. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this is according to a notice released on Tuesday, signed…