Lagos CJ calls for synergy in judiciary

To enhance the judiciary’s credibility, address the growing issue of frivolous applications and aid quick dispensation of justice, the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has advocated greater ...

Ariwoola Retires As CJN, Says Supreme Court Over Burden

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Thursday, retired as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), with a call for measures to be put in place to reduce the burden on the Supreme Court. He explained that there are ...

NBA President Commends Enactment of Judicial Salaries Act, Urges NASS to Consider Magistrates, Other Judiciary StaffNBA President Commends Enactment of Judicial Salaries Act

Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has appealed to the National and State Houses of Assemblies, to consider the inclusion of Magistrates within the definition of judicial officers in the constitution, in the process of ...

Nigeria Law Society To Sue CAC N5bn Over ‘Defamatory’ Publication

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Chief Bolaji Ayorinde has threatened to sue Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, the Registrar General of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) due to an alleged defamatory publication ...

Lagos-based lawyer Evans Ufeli has filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Lagos against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and the Attorneys General of Lagos and Ogun states, seeking a judicial review and ...

Public analyst sues National Human Rights Commission

Public policy analyst, Sesugh Akume, has sued the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over its failure to address a matter reported to the commission since March 31, 2023. Two others were also sued: the national ...

The National Judicial Council at its 106th Meeting presided over by the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, held on 14 & 15 August 2024, recommended Hon. Justice Kudirat ...

Court dismisses rights abuse suit against IGP, others

A Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State has dismissed a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and two others for lacking in merit. The suit, marked ...

Court orders bank to pay N1.08b to 1,742 ex-workers

The National Industrial Court (NIC), Lagos has ordered Ecobank Nigeria Limited to pay the sum of N1, 086,611,589.11 to 1,742 ex-staff of Oceanic Bank who were denied their legitimate entitlements. Justice R. A. ...

BREAKING: Nigeria’s Judicial Council Bars Justice Ekwo, 2 Others From Elevation To Higher Bench Over Abuse Of Office, Issues Warning Letters

Justice Amina Shehu of Yobe State High Court was also barred from being elevated to a higher Bench for three years The National Judicial Council (NJC) has barred three judges from elevation for two to three years ...

BREAKING: Abuja Magistrate Court Strikes Out Cyberbullying, Criminal Intimidation Case Against Blogger Ijele As Prison Officer Thwarts Police Move To Rearrest Him

The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Iyanna, while ruling on the bail application filed through his lawyer on Thursday struck out the case for lack of jurisdiction. A magistrate court in Abuja has struck out the case ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke, has described the 1999 Constitution as the cornerstone of the nation’s problems. Clarke stated this on Tuesday while reacting to the truce reached as President Bola ...

The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the governor of Enugu state. A five-member panel of the court unanimously dismissed two appeals filed by the ...

An $11 billion damages bill against Nigeria for a collapsed gas processing project which was procured by bribery has been thrown out by London’s High Court, Reuters reported yesterday.The West African country was ...

A professional surety, Jude Okpala (a.k.a Stephen Ekpanisi), who aided a drug baron, Okpala Mathew Emmy, to escape from custody, was on Thursday convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Federal High ...

A  Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of an alleged WhatsApp hacker, Stephen Andrew Ojo, at the Ikoyi centre of the Nigerian Correctional Services. Justice Akintayo Aluko remanded the ...

An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 58-year-old Nurudeen Ibrahim to five years imprisonment with hard labour for conspiracy, false pretence with intent to defraud and indecent assault. ...

A Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has remanded two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, to a correctional centre for allegedly plotting and killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 ...

Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the Chief Executive Officer of Crime Alert Security Network, Ibadan, Olaniyan Gbenga Amos, to 75 years ...

An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, on Monday, sentenced six people to two years imprisonment for violence and breach of peace in the coastal community of Ayetoro in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. ...