Nigerians protest at the Federal High Court over deregistration of opposition parties

Nigeria’s Federal High Court faced tension on Monday as scores of demonstrators staged a protest, warning President Bola Tinubu against alleged interference in the judiciary and the Independent National Electoral Commission. Under the aegis of Concerned Northern Nigeria Stakeholders, the protesters marched to the entrance of the court premises in Wuse, Abuja, chanting solidarity songs […]

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Nigeria’s Federal High Court: A scandalised court, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu

On 7 June 1911, the High Court of Australia decided a very interesting case. It arose from a publication issued two months earlier, on 7 April 1911, by a newspaper called The Mercury, published from Hobart, in Tasmania. Under the title “A Modest Judge,” the newspaper took aim at Mr Justice Higgins, a senior judge of the […]

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Federal High Court Judge, Peter Mallong, dies

A Federal High Court Judge in Nigeria, Justice Peter Hoommuk Mallong, has passed away. Mallong died on Sunday, July 30, in Abuja, Nigeria. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Mallong died on Sunday after a brief illness. Also, Chief Registar of Nigeria’s Federal High Court (FHC), Hassan Amida Sulaiman, in a statement, announced […]

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Federal High Court stops CJN Onnoghen’s arraignment

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has technically stopped the presidency from arraigning the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. Justice N.E Maha of the Federal High Court has directed that no steps should be taken in respect of Justice Onnoghen’s trial until January 17 when all parties to the two suits […]

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