National Judicial Council

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has raised an alarm over an alleged plot to defraud judges and other retired judicial officers across the Federation. The Council, in a statement it made available to newsmen on Sunday, decried that…

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended the elevation of 11 justices to the Supreme Court bench. The legal body decided at its 104 meeting in Abuja on Wednesday. The Council, in a statement by its Director, Information,…

Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi has canvassed the elevation of qualified female lawyers as well as young lawyers as judges in the state High Court. Speaking at Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday during the inauguration of the Permanent Secretary, Bureau…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed April 5 to hear the suits filed by Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia to challenge her dismissal from the bench by the National Judicial Council (NJC)). This development means…

For falsifying their dates of birth, the National Judicial Council, (NJC) has sacked the duo of the Grand Kadi, of Yobe state, Shu’aibu A. Talba, and Justice Abdulkareem Babatunde Abdulrasaq of Osun State High Court. The two judicial…

The judiciary on Monday at the special session to mark the 2020/2021 new legal year highlighted what is required to clean up the industry so as to move the country forward. While the lawyers sought a clean up of the bench which it said…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Wednesday, granted the request of an Abuja-based lawyer, Oladimeji Ekengba, to apply for an order of mandamus to compel President Buhari to appoint all the 33 nominees recommended to him by…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, has sworn in the eight newly appointed justices. Justice Muhammad lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for the appointment. President Buhari, acting on the recommendations of…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Saturday that the integrity of the judicial system is crucial to everything in the society. He, therefore, stressed  the need for stakeholders to engage in an honest discussion that examines the…

The Senate on Tuesday received a formal request for the confirmation of 11 nominees as Judges of the Federal High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The upper chamber is also to consider three nominees for the Code of Conduct…