Tag: NJC
Judiciary Under Fire: CJN Orders Investigation of Senior Judges
Since taking office, the NJC has disciplined several judges. In November 2024, two judges were compulsorily retired, two others suspended…
CJN: All you need to know about Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun
After qualifying as a lawyer and obtaining a master’s degree in law from the London School of Economics and Political…
27 High Court judges to face probe panels, NJC says
NJC Director of Information, Mr Soji Oye on Friday in Abuja who said this in a statement in Abuja on…
NJC recommends appointment of 11 Supreme Court Justices
According to the statement, the NJC considered the list of candidates presented by its Interview Committee and at the end…
NJC dismisses petitions against Justice Mary Odili, 25 others
The council explained that the petition against the judicial officers were dismissed at a meeting presided over by the Chief…
2023: Rivers APC candidates vow to drag Judge to NJC
In the suit, PDP is asking the court to disqualify of all the National Assembly candidates of APC for alleged…
Rivers APC slams Wike over advice to new judges, NJC
The party alleged that Wike's advice was spurred by the recent axing of Justice Okogbule Gbasam by the NJC
Wike accuses NJC of intimidating judges
Wike said with the peak of political activities to set in in 2022, there will be an increased level of…
Wike: NJC appointing lily-livered lawyers as judges
"It should not be just that this person is intelligent. A judge should be firm and give judgment the way…
Court dismisses NJC’s objection on Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia’s sack
The Federal High Court, Abuja has dismissed an objection raised by the National Judicial Council (NJC) against the hearing of…
NJC recommends Tanko Muhammad to Buhari as substantive CJN
The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Wednesday recommended the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Tanko Muhammad to President Muhammadu…
NJC approves Buhari’s request to extend Tanko’s tenure as acting CJN
The National Judicial Council (NJC), has approved the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to extend the tenure of the Acting…
Why NJC refused to consider allegation of false asset declaration against Onnoghen
The National Judicial Council on Wednesday abstained from considering allegations relating to assets declaration that were levelled against the suspended…
NJC ends investigation on Onnoghen, Muhammad, forward recommendations to Buhari
The National Judicial Commission (NJC) has concluded investigation into allegations of misconduct levelled against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, NJC,…
Muhammed to NJC: Buhari doesn’t need you to appoint me as acting CJN
Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammed has said President Muhammadu Buhari does not need to consult the National…
NJC inaugurates panel to probe Onnoghen, Muhammed
The National Judicial Council, NJC on Wednesday inaugurated a five-man panel to investigate the allegations levelled against the suspended Chief…
SERAP issues 5-day ultimatum to NJC to take over Onnoghen’s case
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has issued five days ultimatum to the National Judicial Council (NJC), to immediately…
NJC recommends dismissal of two judges
The National Judicial Council on Thursday recommended the dismissal from office, of Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court and…
Breaking: At last, NJC suspends 7 senior judges accused of corruption
The National Judicial Council, NJC, on Thursday suspended seven senior judges arrested in October by the Department of Security Service,…
NJC recommends compulsory retirement of two high court judges
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the compulsory retirement of two High Court judges in the country. The Judges…
NJC slams sanctions on Justice Ofili-Ajumogobia
The National Judicial Council on Wednesday announced that it has sanctioned a judge serving in the Lagos Division of the…
N225,000 Bribe: SERAP drags NJC, NBA before UN
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Ms. Monica Pinto UN Special Rapporteur on the independence…
Wike to swear in Justice Okocha as Rivers CJ
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike will on Monday, 4 January, 2016 swear in Honourable Justice Daisy…
Gov Ugwuanyi urges NJC to appoint more judges for Enugu State
Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, has appealed to the National Judicial Council (NJC) to appoint more judges for the…
NJC extends tenure of Justice Daisy Okocha as Rivers Acting Chief Judge
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Government says the National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended the extension of the appointment…
Judiciary Workers’ Strike Cripples Lagos Courts
Henry Ojelu Lawyers and litigants were refused entry into Lagos court premises Monday as Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN,…
Rivers Police Boss Decries Overcrowded Police Cells
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Ogunshakin, has raised alarm over overcrowded police cells because of…
President Jonathan Okays NJC Sack Of Two Judges
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the sack of two judges announced last week by the National Judicial Council (NJC). The…
Judge sacked over false date of birth
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s National Judicial Council on Monday announced the compulsory retirement of the Acting Chief Judge of…
Retired Justice Gummi gets NJC’s knocks
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The National Judicial Council, NJC, at the end of it’s meeting on Thursday in Abuja, came…