Jigawa State has formally sworn in 19 new Shari’a Court Judges, locally known as Alkalis, during a ceremony held at the Judicial Complex in Dutse. The appointments were confirmed by Abbas Rufa’i Wangara, Director of Publicity and Protocol for the State Judiciary, who noted that the new judges underwent a rigorous selection and training ...

By Victor War I became conscious of the Nigerian judiciary in the days of the late Justice Aloysius Katsina Alu, the then Chief Justice of Nigeria, who hailed from my home state, Benue. I remember vividly many years after that my consciousness was not based on good reasons but negative ones, as it has become ...

  A retired Federal High Court judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo, has criticised the criminalisation of libel in Nigeria, advocating for its reclassification as a civil matter. Describing libel as “an offence against an individual, not the state,” Justice Taiwo urged its decriminalisation during an interview with journalists. His comments come amidst ongoing legal proceedings involving ...

  Effingham County, Georgia, was shaken on Tuesday morning after the body of State Court Judge Stephen Yekel, 74, was discovered in his courtroom, where he is believed to have died by suicide. According to local authorities, Judge Yekel’s body was found around 10 a.m. by a sheriff’s deputy on what was supposed to be ...

  Jude Onwuegbuzie, a judge at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, has admonished Adeola Adedipe, counsel for former Minister of Power and Steel Olu Agunloye, on Thursday, citing “delay tactics” in the ongoing €5.64 billion Mambilla hydropower project trial. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which is prosecuting Agunloye, released ...

  A retired New York judge, Stewart Rosenwasser, died by an apparent suicide on Tuesday, September 24, during a confrontation with FBI agents who had arrived at his Orange County home to arrest him on bribery and corruption charges. According to law enforcement sources, the former judge and prosecutor allegedly opened fire on the agents ...

  Rivers State Governor, Sir Siminalayi Fubara, will swear in eight newly appointed judges on Friday, September 20, 2024. The judges were recently recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC). This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar of the Rivers State High Court, David Ihua-Maduenyi, on Wednesday. The swearing-in ceremony will ...

  The Jigawa State High Court will commence its annual vacation on July 8, 2024, marking the end of the 2023/2024 legal year for the state judiciary. This announcement was made in a statement released by Abbas Rufa’i Wangara, Director of Protocol and Publicity for the State Judiciary. The statement highlighted the legal basis for ...

    In a legal battle unfolding at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Bwari, Abuja, Ann Eniyamire, daughter of the late Justice Moses Bello, former President of the Customary Court of Appeal in Abuja, is seeking a portion of her late father’s estate and stocks, amounting to 11.11%. Eniyamire, representing herself as one ...

  In a move that has stirred controversy, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has reportedly nominated his daughter, Justice Victoria Oluwakemi, for a judgeship position at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja. This nomination follows earlier appointments of family members to various judicial positions, raising concerns about nepotism within ...

Justice Hyeladzira NganjiwaThere is hardly any jurisdiction in the common law world in which a man with his current record could possibly still sit as a judge of a superior court of record. In Nigeria, however, Hyeladzira Nganjiwa proudly sits on the bench of the Federal High Court and currently serves in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, ...

  The Honourable President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria has requested the President of the Nigerian Bar Association to recommend suitably qualified persons of BORNO STATE origin, to be considered for appointment to the bench of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. Members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) from Borno State, who ...

Olumide Akpata, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), says it is only by sheer luck that the Nigerian judiciary can produce a good judge. Mr Akpata spoke recently at the International Bar Association (IBA) conference in Paris, France. Addressing the gathering, the former NBA president noted that Nigeria remains the largest black ...

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and former secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe, shares his thoughts with SOLOMON ODENIYI on the poor welfare of judicial officers, prison congestion, and the delay in the dispensation of justice, among sundry issues In the retirement speech of Justice Muhammad Dattijo, he said the Chief Justice of ...

The Area Court Judges Association of Nigeria has appealed to the recently appointed Attorney General and commissioner for justice Bar. Labaran Shuaibu Magaji to intervene on the general legal reforms in the state. Speaking on behalf of the Association at the office of the Attorney General and commissioner for justice on Wednesday, Hon. Ado Musa ...

  A valedictory court session will be held in honour of a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad who retires from the Supreme Court Bench on Friday, October 27, 2023 having attained the mandatory statutory retirement age of 70 years. According to a statement released on Sunday by the Director of Press ...