Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi has been granted ₦30 million bail by a Magistrate court in Ekiti State. The court also asked Farotimi to provide 3 sureties with a landed property within the jurisdiction. He was told to refrain from media interview and to submit his international passport. The...
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A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun, has called on the judiciary to maintain its integrity by purging itself of bad eggs. Olanipekun, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), made the call in Ibadan on Monday at the opening of the Law Week and...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has pledged continued support to infrastructure development for the judicial arm of government. Wike stated this at the inauguration of the construction and furnishing of Office Annex for the Body of Benchers, in Abuja on Friday. He pledged...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Director General, Benue Public Service Institute, Professor Terkura Tarnande has sought collaboration with Benue State Judiciary to enable the system work for the benefit of the Benue people. Professor Tarnande, who spoke during a courtesy call on the Chief Judge of Benue...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, says that the Nigerian Judiciary has a lot of upright knowledgeable, hardworking and courageous judges, but lamented that there are a few tarnishing this reputation. The CJN made this known on Saturday at a public discourse in Lagos which had the...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has called on the judiciary to play a pivotal role in supporting Nigeria’s digital transformation, stressing the need for a collaborative effort to drive the country’s digital economy. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Aminu Maida, said this during the two-day annual workshop for...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has sworn in six newly appointed judges of the State High Court. Aiyedatiwa, at the event on Thursday in Akure, described the event as a significant step in strengthening the judiciary and advancing the administration of justice in the state. The governor said the...
President Bola Tinubu on Monday reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to upholding the independence and sanctity of the judiciary. Tinubu made the pledge while swearing in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kekere-Ekun, the second female CJN in Nigeria’s history,...
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday urged members of the judiciary not to be deterred in the commitment to their constitutional mandate of ensuring justice. President Tinubu gave the charge at the public presentation of the autobiography of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, the retired Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The News...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo, on Tuesday presented additional 11 cars to Judges in the State. Presenting the car Keys to the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Josiah Mejabi, at the Muhammad Buhari Square, Lokoja, Ododo promised to deliver the last...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has urged political leaders to collaboratively strengthen the judiciary, uphold the rule of law, and protect the principles of democracy. Ganduje gave the advice on Thursday in Abuja, at the first Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) roundtable with the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has sworn in ten new judges recently appointed into the state judiciary. In his address at the swearing in ceremony held at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja, Governor Ododo charged the new judges to serve the...
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Lateef Fagbemi has commended the contribution of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike to the legal community, describing it as “exceptional”. Fagbemi made the commendation at the inauguration of the construction of the Abuja Division of...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu is repositioning the judiciary to strengthen the administration of justice. Wike stated this at the inauguration of the construction of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal Complex, in Abuja on...
Former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Judiciary to end the avalanche of post- elections litigations in Nigeria. Jonathan gave the charge while inaugurating the multi-million naira State High Court edifice equipped with modern facilities and 24 hours...
The Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Dije Abdu-Aboki, has transferred the case of alleged misappropriation, and diversion of funds filed against the All Progressive Congress (APC) National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje and seven others to a new judge. NAN reports that the case was earlier before a Kano...
The Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate in the 2023 General Election, Mr Peter Obi, said he was the highest beneficiary of Judiciary in the country when there were incorruptible judges. Obi stated this during the Justice Anthony Aniagolu’s Memorial Lecture organised by the family and hosted by the...
The bill seeking to prescribe salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of Judicial office holders in Nigeria has passed second reading at the Senate. This followed the presentation of the general principles of the bill by the sponsor, Sen. Lola Ashiru (APC-Kwara) at plenary on Thursday. Presenting the bill,...
By TYAV SAM TYAV. Makurdi – Disturbed by the comments by Professor Ernest Ojukwu which bothered on the autonomy of the judiciary and why the state government was still buying cars for judges, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Benue State, Fidelis Bemsen Mnyim,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A group, the Northern Initiative For the Defence of Democracy and Justice has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to call to order the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello from undermining institutions of the state. In a statement made available to news...