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Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Amadi, has declined to set up a judicial panel to investigate Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof. Ngozi Odu, citing court orders and an appeal. The Rivers State House of Assembly had requested that Amadi set up a seven-member panel to probe Fubara and his deputy, Ngozi […]
Continue ReadingFunke Adeoye, founder and executive director of the Hope Behind Bars Africa (HBBA), a nonprofit organisation helping indigent inmates get access to justice and advocating justice sector reforms, has been awarded the Outstanding Young Lawyer Award by the International Bar Association (IBA). Funke received the award on Thursday at the IBA’s Annual Conference held in […]
Continue ReadingSuspended Chief Justice of Ghana, Gertrude Torkornoo, has sued the Ghanaian state at the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria, alleging human rights violations stemming from her suspension. The suit her ladyship filed on July 4, announced by Deputy Attorney General Srem Sai on July 8, contends that her suspension constitutes unlawful removal without […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State House of Assembly has on Thursday confirmed Justice Lekan Ogunmoye as the substantive Chief Judge of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogunmoye had been acting as the Chief Judge of the state since November 2024. The Assembly, which was presided over by the Speaker, Adeboye Aribasoye, in Ado-Ekiti, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has struck out two motions filed by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and awarded costs of ₦100,000 against him. The motions, dated March 3, 2025, and March 25, 2025, and marked CV/395/M1/2025 and CV/395/M2/2025, listed Akpabio as the appellant. The respondents were Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the Clerk […]
Continue ReadingCourt proceedings at the Court of Appeal, the Federal High Court and the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and some courts across the country were grounded on Monday, as the nationwide strike declared by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) took effect. The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal and […]
Continue ReadingSuspended Nigerian Senator representing Kogi Central, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan has again opened up, this time, reaffirming her commitment to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, insisting that the matter must be resolved by the court. In a strongly worded letter dated April 30, 2025, addressed to Akpabio’s legal counsel, […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors have filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State. President Tinubu had, on March 18, declared the emergency rule in Rivers State, citing Section 305(5) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended), and suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara, […]
Continue ReadingAt a press conference, an eleven-man Independent Judicial Accountability Panel (IJAP), whose membership included three retired justices, has on Friday, March 14, 2025, faulted the Nigerian Supreme Court over its judgement on the protracted political crisis in Rivers State. The panel, chaired by retired Justice Mojeed Owoade of the Court of Appeal, said in a […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Supreme Court, has on Friday, nullified the Rivers State Local Government elections held on October 5, 2024. The five-member panel of the Supreme Court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Jamilu Tukur, ruled that the conduct of the local government polls in the state was null and void. The apex court set aside the […]
Continue ReadingA Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos State, has on Tuesday, acquitted popular musician, Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, in relation to the death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, better known as Mohbad. According to Channels TV, Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, who read and implemented the legal advice issued by the Lagos State […]
Continue ReadingNigerian lawyer, Stan Alieke, has said that under the Igbo customary law, it is the bride price that validates the paternity of a child and not even the result from a DNA test. In a post he shared on his Instastories, and X handle, Alieke further stated that if a man is yet to pay […]
Continue ReadingUnited States-based Nigerian woman lawyer, Abayomi Ajaiyeoba Whint, has been sworn in as a judge for the New York’s Kings County Civil Court. This was disclosed in a video tagged, ‘Welcome to the bench, Your Honor!’ via her Instagram page on January 23, 2025. Whint was among the eight candidates elected as judges in Brooklyn, […]
Continue ReadingOba Rufus Adeyemo Adejugbe, the Ewi of Ado Ekiti, on Saturday, ordered the dissolution of the Sharia panel set up at the Central Mosque, Ado Ekiti in the interest of peaceful coexistence and law and order in the community. The monarch spoke in Ado Ekiti during a meeting he held with the chiefs and indigenes […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC) under the Chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has recommended two Heads of Court for compulsory retirement over judicial misconduct. At its 107th meeting held November 13 and 14, 2024, the council recommended the duo of the Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice T. E. Chukwuemeka […]
Continue ReadingChief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has acknowledged that few judges were giving the Nigerian judiciary a bad name, insisting that the country’s judiciary is blessed with upright and courageous judges. The Emir of Kano, His Royal Majesty Khalifa Muhammad Sanusi II, also asked the Nigerian judges especially justices of the Supreme Court […]
Continue ReadingChief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice John Oyewole Adeyeye, has passed away. He died at the age of 64. He passed away on Monday, November 4, 2024, at a tertiary hospital in Ekiti after a brief illness, according to sources close to the judiciary. Justice Adeyeye’s journey in the legal field spanned decades. Born in […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Monday, overturned the conviction by the Umar Danladi Code of Conduct Tribunal, which found former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, guilty of false asset declaration. In a judgment, the appellate court discharged and acquitted Onnoghen from the conviction delivered against him by the Code of […]
Continue ReadingFederal and state high courts judges involved in reported conflicting rulings in political cases rocking Rivers State are now officially being investigated by a panel of the National Judicial Council (NJC). Reports say, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun on Monday held a meeting with the panel in her office and gave a […]
Continue ReadingThe Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Lawal Pedro SAN, at a press conference on Monday, said, a bill for the enactment of the Administration of Civil Justice Law had been forwarded to the state House of Assembly for legislative process. Pedro said that when the bill was passed into law, litigation in […]
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