CJN’s repeated advice to judges to ignore public opinion in deciding cases worrying—Okutepa, SAN
Respected member of the inner bar, Chief Jibrin Samuel Okutepa, SAN has described as worrying the serial advice by the…
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Nine LASU Law graduates make list of 13 appointed as high court judges in Lagos
Nine alumni of the Faculty of Law of the Lagos State University (LASU) made the list of the 13 newly…
Low Budget: I was sometimes under temptation to shut some Appeal Courts down—Justice Dongban Mensem
The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban- Mensem, on Monday disclosed that she had fallen into temptation…
Why judicial officers must not succumb to pressure in election cases–CJN
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has advised judicial officers never to succumb to either public opinion…
40 years after, BOSAN suffers major crack
Forty years after it was established to promote highest standard of professional ethics amongst its members, the Body of Senior…
Granting judges 800% salary increase without reviewing support staff pay ‘ll be counter-productive— Prof. Odinkalu
Human rights activist, Prof Chidi Odinkalu has faulted the on-going move to review upward the salaries of judicial officers by…
NJC okays 86 judicial officers for appointment, deliberates on CJN’s notice of retirement
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 86 judicial officers for appointment to different levels of judicature after deliberating on…
Misconduct: NJC stops elevation of two judges, sets up eight panels to probe others
The National Judicial Council (NJC) headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has stopped elevation of…
NJC okays FCT Minister’s wife, Justice Wike, 21 others for appointment as Appeal Court justices
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 22 new Justices to the Court of Appeal. That was…
Plan to increase number of Appeal Court justices from 90 to 150 gets underway
The House of Representatives on Thursday passed through second reading a bill to amend the Court of Appeal Act to…