Nigeria: Of Reform and Judicial Officers
Upgrading our Judiciary In considering Judicial reforms, apart from implementing better working conditions for our judicial officers and increasing the budget of the Judiciary - if the Judiciary is to…
Issues in Judicial Independence – THISDAYLIVE
Judicial RemunerationA couple of years ago when I attended the Beginning of Legal Year Event Judicial s in Lagos, I noticed a retired High Court Judge whom I am acquainted…
Nigeria: #EndSARS – Judicial Intervention in Cases of Police Brutality
Lagos — This article by Raymond Nkannebe chronicles some cases of Police brutality going as far back as 1973, evincing the fact that this problem did not just start in…
#ENDSARS: Judicial Intervention in Cases of Police Brutality
This article by Raymond Nkannebe chronicles some cases of Police brutality going as far back as 1973, evincing the fact that this problem did not just start in recent times…
#EndSARS: CCTV footage from day of Lekki shootings played at Judicial Panel
The Lagos State Government has directed the immediate release of 253 persons arrested by the police for criminal offences in connection with the #EndSARS protests in the state, due to…
Burnt Igbosere High Court is Nigeria’s oldest judicial building
By Adebisi Onanuga To stakeholders in the justice sector, the burning of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, Lagos by hoodlums under the guise of #EndSARS protest last Wednesday, was the…
Breaking News | Burnt Igbosere High Court is Nigeria’s oldest judicial building
By Adebisi Onanuga To stakeholders in the justice sector, the burning of the Lagos High Court, Igbosere, Lagos by hoodlums under the guise of #EndSARS protest last Wednesday, was the…
‘Illegality of judicial officers participating in workshops sponsored by likely parties before them’
Can a judicial officers’independence be guaranteed if his event is bankrolled by parties likely to appear before him? Douglas Ogbankwa examines the issue. A JUDICIAL Officer by definition is…
Nigeria: 36 State A-Gs Drag AGF to Supreme Court Over Judicial Funding
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, has on behalf of the Attorney-General of Abia State and his counterparts from the 35 other States, dragged the…
Breaking News | BOSAN calls for judicial reforms, more SANs
By John Austin Unachukwu The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) has identified disregard for the Constitution by politicians as the greatest threat to the Judiciary. The body stated…
Retired Supreme Court Justice Akintan advocates judicial reform – Punch Newspapers
Dayo OjerindeA retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Sunday Akintan, has called for a reform of the country’s judicial system.Akintan, on Wednesday, at the unveiling of his book, titled, ‘Reminiscences:…
BOSAN calls for judicial reforms, more SANs
By John Austin Unachukwu The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria (BOSAN) has identified disregard for the Constitution by politicians as the greatest threat to the Judiciary. The body…
CJN Praises Judicial Workers for Justice Delivery during Pandemic
Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed By Alex Enumah The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, yesterday commended workers in the judiciary sector for keeping the wheel of justice rolling…
Nigeria: NBA to Lead Gender Reform in Judicial Sector
The General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joyce Oduah has pledged to ensure a sexual harassment and gender policy is put in place in the NBA as a…
NBA to Lead Gender Reform in Judicial Sector
Tobi Soniyi The General Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Joyce Oduah has pledged to ensure a sexual harassment and gender policy is put in place in the NBA…
Judicial workers declare 2-week indefinite strike in solidarity with NLC,TUC
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja In solidarity with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, the staff of the Federal High Court have declared a two-weeks…
Breaking News | Fuel Tariff Hike: Judicial workers declare two-weeks indefinite strike in solidarity with NLC,TUC
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja In solidarity with the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, the staff of the Federal High Court have declared a two-weeks…
Reclaiming motion seeking clarification on judicial review appeal rules refused as incompetent
Reclaiming motion seeking clarification on judicial review appeal rules refused as incompetent Published 9 September 2020 Lord PentlandA citizen of Nigeria who challenged a finding that his petition for judicial…
Speedy judicial system – The Nation Nigeria
Editorial The 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), tagged ‘Stepping forward’, ended last week, with a lot of takeaways. One of such is the charge by…
Oyetola inaugurates Commissioner for Judicial Service Commission
Governor Oyetola of Osun By Taiwo Okanlawon Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State on Friday inducted Adebayo Salimon as the new Commissioner for the state’s Judicial Service Commission. The governor…