Between Judiciary Independence And Executive Order 10
In this report, AHURAKA YUSUF ISAH takes a cursory look at the Executive Order 10 and the debate it has generated so far. On May 22, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari…
Long road to corruption-free judiciary
Last Tuesday’s report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) that put the judiciary on top of the Nigeria Corruption Index (NCI) buttressed stakeholders’ worries that…
Tanzania: International Court, Tanzania Judiciary to Forge Stronger Cooperation
THE Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Mr Abubacarr Tambadou has pledged to continue sustaining the current co-operation between the Court and the Judiciary of Tanzania.…
Judiciary Bleeds With N110B Yearly Budget
By Ahuraka Yusuf Isah On October 8, 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari presented a total Appropriation Bill of N13.08 trillion for 2021 before a joint sitting of the National Assembly. Again,…
Judiciary And Nigeria’s Democratic Process — OsunDefenderOsunDefender
By Wale AdebisiTHE Judiciary is the formulation upon which democracy grows and develops. This is so because the Judiciary is the only organ that deals with the administration and dispensation…
Judiciary must be independent for anti-corruption war to succeed — Analyst
A public affairs analyst, Mr Olusegun Bamishaye, said on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti that the Judiciary must enjoy full independence for government’s anti-corruption crusade to yield good dividends. Bamishaye told the…
Judiciary And Congestion Of Correctional Facilities — OsunDefenderOsunDefender
Donald InwalomehTO say that Nigerian Correctional Centres are congested is an understatement. This is an undisputable fact; and there are many identified factors responsible for the congestion of the correctional…
NJC seeks more funding for judiciary
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has appealed to the legislature and executive to increase the funding for the judiciary in line with the realities of the times. The executive secretary…
FCT Judiciary: Lawyer Gets Court’s Permission to Commence Suit Compelling Buhari to Accept 33 Judges Appointed by NJC
By Alex Enumah in Abuja Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday, gave the go-ahead to a legal practitioner, Oladimeji Ekengba, to commence…
Judiciary autonomy: Govs only buying time on order 10 – Mustapha |
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) is at the centre of struggle for both financial and administrative autonomy of the Judiciary. MOSES JOHN speaks with President of the union…
#EndSARS: Police brutality and the intervention of the judiciary
In the last two weeks, Nigerian youths have filtered into the streets of at least 26 state capitals of the federation in condemnation of the history of police brutality in…
Judiciary And The Tortuous Journey To Nationhood
That the judiciary has made remarkable impact in the build up to Nigeria’s nationhood is to say the least in the mildest way. It has adeptly demonstrated this even during…
2021 Budget: SANs Decry Low Provision for Judiciary
* Urge N’ Assembly to jack up N110bn estimate Alex Enumah in Abuja Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), including a life bencher, have decried the low provision for the judiciary…
Apex court nominations point to crisis in judiciary
Idowu Akinlotan In the matter of the appointment of justices to the Supreme Court, a matter in which statutorily the presidency has a formal but largely routine role, Nigeria…
Nigeria at 60: Lawyers commend judiciary… but
By Onozure Dania As Nigeria celebrated its 60th independence anniversary last week, lawyers in the country in this edition of Law and Human Rights, gave an assessment of the country’s…
NBA, Senior Advocates accuse Executive of undermining Judiciary
• NICN delivers 939 decisions in one year•Malami assures of NICN of support From Eric Ikhilae, Abuja THE Executive arm of government is under fire for its seeming…
Nigeria at 60: Lawyers, rights activists task judiciary on justice delivery
By Moronke Boboye/Olaitan Idris Lagos, Oct. 1, 2020 Lawyers and rights activists have continued to call for improved justice administration as Nigeria attains 60 years of independence. They assessed the…
Nigeria’s Judiciary Fast Becoming First Among Equals Globally – Malami
In this interview with our AHURAKA YUSUF ISAH, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), maintains that the nation's judiciary is waxing stronger and…
Nigeria: States Drag Govt to Supreme Court Over Funding of Judiciary
Abuja — The 36 states of the federation have gone before the Supreme Court to challenge the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 signed in May by the President…
Judiciary in Cross River State in disarray – NBA
The Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Calabar Branch, Bar Paul Ebiala says it is unheard of that the office of a state Chief Judge will be left vacant…