Judiciary
The 36 states of the Federation on Monday took the Federal Government to the Supreme Court, challenging the presidential executive order signed in May by President Muhammadu Buhari. The states are seeking an order of the Supreme Court to quash President Buhari’s executive order on the funding of courts, which he signed on May 20. […]
Nobel laureate Professor, Wole Soyinka, and a former Nigerian Senator Shehu Sani are currently at the Abuja High Court in solidarity with the convener of #RevolutionNow Protest, Omoyele Sowore. Also, the former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu and popular activist Deji Adeyanju, are in court in solidarity with Sowore […]
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has written to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, seeking the release of the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). In the letter dated December 13, 2019 and made available to Channels Television […]
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI says judicial officers should work towards the creation of Special Courts to assist in the speedy administration and dispensation of justice in the country. Speaking at the All Nigeria Judges Conference, President BUHARI said he is aware of the challenges facing the judiciary, over which he has had discussions with the Chief […]
Appeal court sitting in Abuja is expected to deliver judgmenton Governor EMEKA IHEDIOHA victory in the March 9th governorship election today. The Court had reserved judgment in three separate appeals challenging the victory of Governor IHEDIOHA. The five-member panel presided over by Justice OYEBISI OMOLEYE, had announced +that judgment in the three appeals would be […]
he Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said that the Judiciary will not tolerate disobedience to court orders. Justice Tanko warned that flagrant disobedience of court orders is a direct invitation to anarchy. Speaking in Abuja on Monday at the special court session marking the beginning of the new legal year of the […]
Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, attended the Supreme Court special session for the 2019/2020 Legal Year. 35 academics and three advocates were also sworn in as SANs as part of activities to mark the beginning on the legal year 2019/2020, bringing the total number of Senior Advocates of Nigeria to 548. Delivering his […]
After almost three years of suspension, Justice Sylvester Ngwuta on Monday joined the Supreme Court Judges at the swearing-in of the new SeniorAdvocates of Nigeria (SAN). Justice Ngwuta was among the panel of five Supreme Court Judges which was headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, who oversaw the swearing-in of the SANs. […]
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, will on Monday, September 23, 2019, swear in 38 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court. The swearing-in ceremony is one of the several programmes lined up to herald the 2019/2020 legal year of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. […]
Ministers on the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday stormed the courtroom as tribunal rules on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate Atiku Abubakar. They include Minister of Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige; Minister of Works and Housing, Raji Fashola, Minister of State for Niger Delta, Festus […]
