Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
28 Oct
Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has summoned several judges following conflicting court rulings related to political cases in Rivers State. The CJN has also called the chief judge of the federal high court for questioning on Tuesday, October 29. The National Judicial Council (NJC) has launched an investigation into the matter, forming…
22 Oct
The judicial career of Francis Chukwuma Abosi was supposed to last only seven years. In the event, he did 12 and may well have reached 20 years if events had not intervened.
16 Oct
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, yesterday warned that the National Judicial Council (NJC) would not spare any judge that failed to deliver the required number of judgments in a quarter.
8 Oct
On June 7, 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose from a publication issued two months earlier, on April 7, 1911, by a newspaper called The Mercury, published from Hobart, in Tasmania.
8 Oct
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Anthony Idigbe, has urged the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, to enhance the capacity of judicial officers.
1 Oct
When he died at 80 in June 2008, Lamidi Aribiyi Adedibu was one of the best known political godfathers of his generation and certainly one of the most disruptive in Nigeria. In Ibadan, Oyo State in South-west Nigeria
1 Oct
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has congratulated the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on her confirmation as the head of the nation’s judicial arm of government and charged her on repositioning the administration of justice in the country.
27 Sep
Last week, I commenced a detailed diagnosis of the issues affecting the judiciary in our land, with the aim of making positive recommendations to the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria for her kind consideration. This is a continuation of the series.
26 Sep
Justice KudiratKekere-Ekun, who was confirmed by the Senate, yesterday, as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), has read the riot act to senior legal practitioners, who publicly comment on ongoing cases
3 Sep
The first female Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Folake Solanke has urged legal professionals to maintain high standards in the profession. The SAN gave the charge at the 64th yearly general conference of the Nigerian Bar Association
30 Aug
We have been on it for a while. Before now, only former President Olusegun Obasanjo has done some increase for judicial officers. Salaries of executive and legislative members have been increased, but for years, salaries of judicial officers...
29 Aug
The assumption of Justice Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and the second woman to have risen to the noble position is historical and significant. It is indeed significant that the mantle of leadership...
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