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Corrupt judge prostrates, begs DSS boss after seeing proof of N500m bribe
One of the seven judges arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, has admitted that he took bribes running…
Senate condemns arrest of judges
The Senate on Tuesday condemned the action of the Department of State Security (DSS) for the “invasion of the homes,…
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Breaking: SERAP issues 7-day ultimatum to CJN over corrupt judges
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed…
DSS releases 7 detained judges on bail
The Department of State Service (DSS) has released seven judges it arrested on Friday and Saturday on administrative on self-recognition…
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Falana exposes rots in judiciary, says N2b found in judge’s account
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has thrown his weight behind government efforts to sanitise the…
Mixed reactions trail arrest of judges by DSS
Some Abuja-based lawyers have condemned the arrest and invasion of homes of judges by the Department of State Services (DSS).…
President Buhari opens up on arrested judges
President Muhammadu Buhari has opened up on the reason for the arrest of Supreme Court justices and judges across the…
Release arrested judges now, SERAP tells Buhari
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to use…
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Stacks of Pounds, Dollars found in judges’ homes – DSS
The Department of State Service (DSS), on Saturday revealed that it found stacks of pounds and dollars and Naira suspected…
Breaking: Why we raided judges’ homes – DSS
The Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed that it carried out raids of the homes of some judges in…
3 Nigerian judges sacked for fraud, misconduct
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended compulsory retirement of Justice Mohammed Tsamiya, the Presiding Justice, Court of Appeal, Ilorin…
Lawyers, judges not vultures – EFCC
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said Nigerian lawyers and judges ”are peopled by very many seasoned, upright members,…
Security agencies, lawyers, judges delay corruption cases – Lawyers
Some Abuja-based legal practitioners say all stakeholders such as anti-graft agencies, the prosecutors, private lawyers, and prison officials should be…
Number of high court judges to double in Abuja
Funsho Balogun Towards reducing the workload of judges in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, courtesy of…
FG encouraging judges corruption – Adamu
Marwan Adamu, the president of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suggested that the Federal Government led by President…
Bad lawyers, judges giving good ones a bad name – EFCC boss
The acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu has reassured lawyers and judges that comments…
Arms Deal: Ndubuisi Odigbo advises judges to be fair, just
Chief Ndubuisi Odigbo, Igbo community leader in Sokoto State, on Tuesday advised Judges handling corrupt cases to be fair and…
Buhari will jail corrupt judges – Minister of Justice
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN has said that corrupt judges…
Justice Okocha cries out over threats to judges’ lives
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dispensation of Justice in Rivers state has become a highly perilous business and judges have become so…
22 judges suspended over bribery
Ghanaian authorities have suspended 22 junior judges accused of bribery after they were captured on video, the judicial secretary, said…
Agbaje wants lawyers in private practice as judges
A rights activist and legal practitioner, Mr Fred Agbaje, has advocated for the appointment of lawyers in private practice as…
Fashola Swears In Three New Judges
Henry Ojelu Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola today sworn in three new judges into the state judiciary. The three judges…
Fashola Appoints Four New Judges
Henry Ojelu The Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of four new judges for the state high…
Project Fame: All Contestants On Probation
As Ayoka becomes the fifth contestant to be eliminated from the on-going MTN Project Fame West Africa (season 6), the…
Onyeka Onwenu, M.I. Unveiled as Glo X-Factor Judges
Seun Bisuga Veteran singer and journalist, Onyeka Onwenu, rapper Jude Abaga, popularly known as M.I. and Ghana’s Reggie Rockstone, have…
How Judges Weaken Anti-Corruption Laws
By Ojelimafe Anthony On 4 October, 2012, Justice Abubakar Umar of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,…
Federal High Court Gets 12 New Judges
In a bid to make the recently created Divisions of the Federal High Court fully functional, President Goodluck Jonathan, on…
Why Journalists Are Better Than Lawyers, Doctors —Simon Ateba
I am discombobulated and even flabbergasted that our society today seems to give a relatively greater respect to lawyers, doctors…