The Conference Of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari and all relevant security agencies to immediately investigate the alleged visit of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola to the United Kingdom for medical reasons and the allegation that it was in disguise to meet with ‘President-elect’, Bola Tinubu ...

    A Senior Advocate Of Nigeria, Jibrin Okutepa, has said those promoting the news of the alleged meeting between the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kayode Ariwoola and President-elect, Bola Tinubu are sick. An online newspaper had alleged that Mr Ariwoola was sighted in the United Kingdom in a wheelchair, purportedly planning to hold a ...

  It was mid-1992. I was a young reporter at Citizen magazine in Kaduna, and I accompanied a friend to the house of Justice Dahiru Musdapher, across the road from Murtala Square. A former Chief Judge of Kano State, he was then of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division. He later rose to become Chief ...

The family of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has refused to vacate the Supreme Court quarters nine months after his resignation, denying his successor, Olukayode Ariwoola access to the apartment, Peoples Gazette reports. In June 2021, Tanko was forced to resign as the number one judicial officer in the country. A source had ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has asserted that there will be no shortcut to equity and fairness in the dispensation of justice under his watch even as he promised to promote the rule of law and protect the Judiciary. He emphasized that there is no substitute to the rule of law ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola last week cautioned judges appointed to resolve disputes from next year’s general election, against corrupt practices. He warned that he would not condone any act of recklessness or abuse of power and public trust from the judicial officers. Justice Ariwoola spoke at the inauguration of the ...

The supreme court has fixed November 28 to formally swear in 62 lawyers into the rank of senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). This was revealed in a statement by Festus Akande, supreme court’s spokesperson. He said although the swearing-in was initially scheduled for November 21 it was rescheduled to accommodate other activities which include the ...

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is expected to be sworn in as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) on Monday after the sudden resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the head of the nation’s judiciary. The media aide to the CJN, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, who confirmed the resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as CJN, hinted that ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned, Channels Television learned on Monday. Sources told Channels Television that Justice Muhammad resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. Information also has it that arrangements are ongoing to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice ...

The Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria have been urged to form a trade union. The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) recalled a media leak of a letter by the justices, in which members of Nigeria’s judiciary expressed their concerns over their budgetary allocations that have not been increased in the last ...

Fourteen Justices of the Supreme Court have written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, lamenting the parlous state of affairs in the court. In a first-of-its-kind protest letter in the 58-year history of the apex court, the justices chronicled the operational challenges that have almost crippled the efficient adjudication of cases at ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria ( CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Monday urged judges to stem the tide of rising violence against women in Nigeria. Muhammad further charged the judges to utilise the relevant laws in tackling the menace. The CJN made the call at a two-day capacity building workshop of the National Association of ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mahmoud, on Monday admonished newly appointed judicial officers in the country to shun corrupt practices in the discharge of their adjudicatory duties. Justice Mahmoud gave the charge in his speech at the opening of the 2022 induction course for newly appointed judicial officers of superior courts held at the ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Monday, charged judicial officers on the need to ensure the protection of human rights. He said all human beings are entitled to it. The CJN gave the charge in a keynote address at the opening ceremony of the 2022 National Workshop on Practice and Procedure ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Monday, warned magistrates not to give room for interference in their dispensation of justice. Muhammad spoke in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Refresher Course organised for magistrates by the National Judicial Institute (NJI). He said they should resist interference from the governors, and ...

Introduction The plans of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) through its Judiciary Committee calling for expression of interest from suitably qualified legal practitioners from specific geo-political zones for the appointment of six senior Lawyers directly to the Supreme Court, is a cause of consternation amongst Justices of the Higher Courts and the legal profession in ...