Olukayode Ariwoola junior, son of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, was among 22 lawyers recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for appointment as a Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria. The recommendation was sequel to their success at the screening and interview panel of the Council. The NJC ...

The Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye, recently escaped death as a section of the state’s High Court complex collapsed on him while he was in his office. He is said to be currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital in the state. The incident happened around close of work on Wednesday, ...

  The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has urged the newly sworn-in Judges of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to flee from temptations as their reputation and integrity mattered most. Ariwoola made the call on Monday in Abuja while administering oath on them. “I am making it clear to you ...

  A Nigerian lawyer, Justice Olugbenga Soyele, 62 has become the first African to become a judge in Canada after he was inaugurated in Edmonton, Alberta. Justice Soleye an alumnus of the Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife had before now been honoured as a King’s Counsel and won. Several people who worked with him in ...

The argument for upward review of retirement age of high court judges from 65 to 70 is not backed by any healthy logical drive. Also, there is no proof that the clamour is geared towards giving the wobbling judiciary, which is fast losing its glory and aura in the adjudication of justice, a new lease ...

President of the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS), Prof. Yemi Akinseye-George (SAN) has called on the incoming administration to give priority to the appointments of judges of the appellate courts in order to restore the hope of the common man in the country’s justice system. Akinseye-George, a professor of public law, said one of the ...

A former Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Ishaq Bello has urged newly appointed Judges and Khadis in Kaduna State to discharge their duties responsibly. Bello gave the admonition on Sunday at a reception organized in honour of Justice Buhari Balarabe, one of the newly appointed high court Judges in the state. He ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has tasked Judges and Justices that head various courts to be open to public scrutiny as public officers. Ariwoola, gave the advice at the swearing-in of Stanley Adekunle Lawal as substantive President of the Customary Court of Appeal. Justice Ariwoola at the ceremony in Abuja, stressed ...

The Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court, Sheikh Ayuba Abubakar, has expressed worry over the high rate of divorce among young couples in Nigeria, especially in the FCT. Abubakar expressed his concern while speaking at the Annual Ramadan Lecture over the weekend. ”As a judge, we are having a high rate of ...

A constitutional Lawyer, Kayode Ajulo has called for constitutional amendment to increase the number of judges in both Supreme and High Courts. He said that the number of Judges addressing cases in these courts were inadequate for a country like Nigeria. He said the length of time judges sit to decide cases could affect their ...

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Y. C Maikyau, OON, SAN has roundly condemned a statement purportedly made by an aide to the Nasarawa State Commissioner for Works, whose arrest and remand was ordered by a Magistrate in the state, over an alleged continued disobedience to a court order. The aide, one ...

A Professor of Law and Judge of Enugu State High Court, Justice Cyprian Ajah, has tasked lawyers on strict adherence to the ethics and code of conduct for legal practitioners, as doing otherwise would erode public trust and undermine the rule of law. Justice Ajah noted that “without ethics and trust in the legal profession, ...

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 ...

A non-governmental organisation, the Committee for Judicial Sanity, Anambra State branch, has reported Justice G.C. Anulude of the Anaocha Judicial Division to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for allegedly re-opening an already decided case of land dispute between Ukpo and Abagana community. According to the group, the land dispute had been decided by the Court ...

The Chairman, NBA National Welfare Committee, Mr. Y. C. Maikyau, SAN, on the 15th day of May, 2022 paid a courtesy visit to Hon. Justice Samson Odemwingie Uwaifo, JSC (Rtd) at his Benin residence. At the sight of Y.C Maikyau, the visibly surprised retired Justice of the Supreme Court remarked: “I thought you were joking ...