judiciary

I have observed for some periods now that out of 100% of Nigerian lawyers, one might find only about 10-20% of lawyers interested and or passionate about becoming a Judge! This some lawyers are not bothered about, with due respect to them!…

The National Judicial Council has summoned an emergency meeting to deliberate the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria [CJN, Walter Onnoghen.The meeting is scheduled to hold by 10am on Monday, January 28, in Abuja.It is not clear…

Courts across the nation will again be shut down indefinitely barely few days after the judiciary resumed from two-months’ vacation.The development followed a call by the President of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) Comrade…

These facts are contained in the interim Report presented by the Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Justice Suleiman Galadima, (Rtd) CFR, at the 86th Meeting of the National Judicial Council. The Committee distilled the issues from its…

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the law granting financial autonomy to state judiciaries and Houses of Assemblies.The President signed a total of four bills into law as part of the amendments of the 1999 Constitution.One of…

His Lordship Justice Binta Nyako at the Federal High Court sitting in the Federal Capital Territory last Friday, gave an instructive, landmark judgment in the matter between Mohammed Bello Adoke and the Attorney General of the Federation on…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately call his party, All Progressives Congress (APC) and some of his appointees to order over their manifest interest and continued interference in…

To expand the democratic space in Nigeria and to ensure the legitimacy and stability of our democratic process, the rule of law, perhaps the supremacy of the law, anchored on constitutionalism and a progressive, liberal and…