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The Bench
Reduction In Number Of Judges Crippling Operations Of ECOWAS Court- President
President of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Edward Asante, says the reduction in the number of judges from seven…
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The Bench
Epileptic Power: Group Laments How FHC Judge Works With Candle Light In Warri
A group, Warri Advocacy Network (WAN), has lamented the poor working condition at the Federal High Court, Warri where the…
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Features
Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Path To Supreme Court Nomination Was Paved By Trailblazing Black Women Judges
By Sharon D. Wright Austin Just five women and two African Americans, both men, are among the 115 people…
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The Bench
NJC Recommends Appointment Of 15 Judges, Warns Two Judges Over Misconduct
The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Wednesday issued a letter of warning to two judges and placed one of them…
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Nigerian Lawyers
IWD 2022: A Bow To The Gallant Justice Ayodele Uzoamaka Onejeme
Today, as we continue the celebration of Women’s History Month, I celebrate the life and career of another woman of…
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Foreign News
First Female Judge Presides Over Hearing At Top Court In Egypt
Radwa Helmi has made history as the first female judge to sit on the bench of Egypt’s state council, a…
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The Bench
Military, EFCC Back Increase Of Appeal Court Justices To 110
Nigerian Army, NA; Nigerian Air Force, NAF; Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have…
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Litigation
N400m Fraud’: Olisa Metuh’s Case Reassigned To New Judge As EFCC Prepares For Fresh Trial
The case file of Olisa Metuh, a former national publicity secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been reassigned…
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The Bench
Judge Withdraws From Suits Against APC In Rivers State
Justice I.R Minakiri of a Rivers State High Court has withdrawn from a matter instituted by one Ogechi Ogwu-Edwin and…
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The Bench
Adamawa Judge Suspended For Jailing Man Who ‘Exchanged Words With His Mother’
The Presiding Judge of Lunguda Area Court sitting in Guyuk Local Government Area in Adamawa State, Hon. Jemison Fawe, has…
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The Bench
Federal High Court Appointment: 164 Lawyers Shortlisted For 15 Judges Slots
No fewer than 164 lawyers have been shortlisted for appointment as judges to fill the available 15 slots in the…
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The Bench
Governor Sule Swears In 4 New High Court Judges
Nasarawa State governor Abdullahi Sule has sworn-in four new high court judges. The governor said the swearing-in of the judges…
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The Parliament
Fayemi Inaugurates 36-Year-Old Female Lawyer, Three Others As High Court Judges
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Monday, sworn in a 36-year-old female lawyer, Blessing Ajileye and three others- Mr…
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The Bench
Ayade Swears In Customary Court Of Appeal President, Others
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State on Tuesday swore in Justice Maurice Eneji as the new President of the…
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Litigation
Court Orders Former Councillor To Pay Woman N4m For Assaulting, Forcing Her To Walk Naked In Akwa Ibom
Justice Edem Akpan of a high court in Uyo, Awka Ibom State, has ordered a former councillor in the state,…
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Foreign News
Pakistan Lawyers To Protest Over Appointment Of First Ever Female Supreme Court Judge
The main lawyers’ body in Pakistan has said it will boycott all court proceedings on Thursday if the country’s judicial…
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