Tag: Judiciary
Nigerian court affirms independence of Judiciary
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The independence of the Nigerian judiciary as an organ of government was reaffirmed on Monday by Justice A…
NJC Suspends Rivers Chief Judge
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja The last appeared not to have been heard about the lingering crisis in Rivers state judiciary where Governor…
Lagos courts conduct proceedings in darkness
Henry Ojelu Most courts in the Ikeja High Court complex today opted to conduct their proceedings in darkness following persistent…
Court stops government from fiddling with judiciary funds
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Moves by Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, to enforce the financial autonomy of the nation’s…
Ajudua Seeks Bail Again
Fraud kingpin, Mr.Fred Ajudua has asked a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for a fresh bail. Ajudua’s counsel, Mr. Olalekan…
Police To Begin Autopsy On Murdered Okada Rider —Lawmaker
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Public Petitions, Sanai Agunbiade, has told P.M.NEWS…
Court Frees Former Works Minister
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday discharged and acquitted former Nigerian Works Minister, Hassan Lawal and a…
6 Workers Axed For Leaking Supreme Court Verdict
The Federal Judicial Service Commission, FJSC, has dismissed six judiciary workers implicated in the leakage of an undelivered judgment in…
‘State Assemblies Must Fight For Autonomy’
The Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Adewale Omirin, has charged his colleagues in the country to do everything…
Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar Needs Support
There is no doubt that corruption and ineptitude have permeated all facets of our national life, the judiciary inclusive. This…
Governor Ajimobi appoints six judges
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo has approved the appointment of six new judges…
Ajimobi Appoints Six New Judges
The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has approved the appointment of six new judges into the state judiciary. A…
CJN Identifies Poor Facilities As Bane Of Judiciary
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, on Monday identified poor court facilities as one of the hindrances…
Fashioning A Workable & Realistic Constitution For Nigeria
By Ambassador Adegboyega Ariyo Commendable efforts have been made to restore the country to the path of sustainable development, where unity…
Fashola Appoints 6 New Judges
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has approved the appointment of six new High Court Judges for the state…
Tackling Corruption In The Judiciary
By Akunna Ejim That corruption is one of the banes of Nigeria is no news to anyone with even the…
Salvaging Local Government System From The Brink Of Precipice
By Chukwunonso Daniel Ogbe It is no longer news that the local government tier of government in Nigeria has been…
Ogun NBA Set To Fight Corruption
The Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to fight corruption in the judiciary and agitate for…
Alamieyesiegha And The Travails Of A Diminished People
By Osuolale Alalade It has not come as a surprise that the presidency, through its senior combative and loquacious mouthpiece,…
No Country For Petty Thieves
By Chido Onumah Nigerians are outraged, justifiably so, at the shenanigans of the country’s judiciary which led to the ridiculously…
Justice Oyewole moves to Osun state judiciary
Henry Ojelu& Abdul Olamide Renowned Lagos state Judge, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole has transferred his service to the Osun State Judiciary.…
Nigeria’s Supreme Court Gets 2 New Judges
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja In sustenance of efforts to entrench a threshold of viable judiciary that will command public confidence,…
Magistrates begin strike in Nasarawa
Magistrate courts in Lafia and other towns in Nasarawa State were shut down on Wednesday as the state’s chapter of…
ALOMA MUKHTAR: Making of Nigeria’s Female CJN
Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar makes history as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria. Here is her history of firsts,…
Mukhtar Will Save The Judiciary
Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, is unrestrained in his affection for the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. He tells GBENRO ADESINA…
110,000 cases pending in Nigerian courts
The extent of the congestion in Nigerian courts and the slow machinery of justice was revealed today by Justice Umaru…
I Never Had It So Good Since Retirement
The former Chief Judge of Nigeria, Justice Idris Legbo Kutigi(rtd), has described the dedication of the 17th edition of The…
Archbishop Urges Police, Judiciary To Hasten Prison Decongestion
The Most Reverend Valerian Okeke, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, has urged the police and the judiciary to…
Fashola hands new houses to Lagos judges
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN) on Thursday handed over five residential quarters built for High Court Judges by…
A Curious Ruling
A day after it was showered with accolades for displaying courage in a landmark judgement, the Nigerian judiciary received knocks…