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Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday swore in Hon. Justice Ayedun Olusegun Odusola as the 12th Chief Judge of the State.
31 Jan
The reinstatement of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia by the National Judicial Council (NJC), after she was sacked on the recommendation of the same council, has expectedly continued to generate mixed reactions and raised posers about the propriety of the extenuating circumstances.
20 Jan
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has condemned in strong terms failure by some state governments to pay retirement benefits to judges. The Council, in a statement yesterday, described the action of the affected states as worrisome and condemnable in all ramifications. In the statement made available to newsmen at the end of the Council’s meeting,…
27 Oct
The on-going move by the Court of Appeal to make lawyers its members on that bench is encouraging and worthy of being pursued to its logical end.
16 Sep
The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BoSAN), yesterday, in Abuja, kicked against the appointment policy of justices to the Supreme Court, describing it as flawed.
13 Sep
Stakeholders in the justice sector have raised the need for a review of appointment of judicial officers. They said it wouldn’t only expedite judicial process, but help in the administration of justice.
30 Aug
Six months after the Court of Appeal voided the compulsory retirement of Justice Gladys Olotu of the Federal High Court, the Supreme Court is expected to give its verdict in the suit between the National Judicial Council (NJC) as Appellant/Applicant and Justice Olotu, the president of Nigeria...
30 Jul 2022
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Friday, asked the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to begin a probe of Akwa Ibom Chief Judge
23 Jun 2022
Move to settle out of court in a suit instituted against the National Assembly, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and National Judicial Council (NJC), seeking pay review for judges, has collapsed.
17 May 2022
Access to Justice (A2J) has condemned the National Judicial Council (NJC) new Policy Directions on political and election related cases.
30 Mar 2022
In a little-noticed release issued at the end of its meeting on March 16, 2022, Nigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC), announced that it had disciplined two judges
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As the 2023 general elections approach, the Sultan of Sokoto and the President of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, (NSCIA), His Eminence, Muhammed Abubakar the III, and the President, of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh, have called on Nigerians to eschew ethnoreligious sentiments and vote credible candidates that will revive the economy and ensure fairness and justice in the country.