The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has emphasized the importance of data protection awareness within the judiciary to ensure fairness and safeguard citizens’ rights in data-related matters. Dr. Vincent Olatunji, National Commissioner of the NDPC, highlighted this need during an interview on Tuesday in Abuja, where he announced the commission’s collaboration with the National ...

  Between 1983 and 1987, the radical military regime of Captain Thomas Sankara changed the colonial name of Upper Volta to Burkina Faso. While the courts bequeathed by the former French colonial overlords continued to dispense justice to the elite, people’s tribunals were established to decide cases based on African jurisprudence. The Tribunals were constituted ...

  The Kano State Judiciary has announced disciplinary actions against Hudu Idris, a court registrar at the Upper Sharia Court, over his involvement in illegal transactions. Idris has been demoted by one grade level and placed on compulsory retirement with immediate effect, while a security guard, Abba Gwarzo, had his contract appointment terminated. According to ...

  Retired Supreme Court Justice S.O. Uwaifo has emphasised the judiciary’s crucial role in shaping a just society as he prepares for the public presentation of his book, “Justice Uwaifo: A Legacy of Jurisprudential Wisdom and Substantive Justice.” Expressing his excitement over the publication, Justice Uwaifo stated, “I hope this work inspires continued discourse on ...

  United States President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Elon Musk, head of the newly established Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have intensified their criticism of the judiciary, condemning judges who have blocked key policies in Trump’s second term. They argue that courts are overstepping their authority by interfering in executive decisions, framing ...

    The Ekiti State Judiciary has officially disowned and vacated a controversial order issued by the Ikole Ekiti Magistrate Court, following public outrage and condemnation from the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). In response to the controversy, the judiciary has established a Panel of Inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the order and ensure accountability. ...

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Abia State chapter, has officially suspended its strike, allowing judicial activities to resume across the state. The decision, outlined in a press statement signed by State Chairman, Prince Chinedu Ezeh, and State Secretary, Chibueze Nwachukwu, follows the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Abia State ...

  The recent appointment of judicial officers in Gombe State has sparked concerns over gender disparity, as no women were included in the list of newly sworn-in judges. A female lawyer and activist, Barrister Martha Daniel, highlighted the issue, noting that among the five magistrate judges and 46 area court judges inaugurated, not a single ...

  The Abia State Government has commenced the digitalization of its justice delivery system to improve efficiency, transparency, and accessibility in legal proceedings. State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Ikechukwu Uwanna, announced the initiative on Tuesday during a press briefing in Umuahia, following a State Executive Council meeting. According to Mr. Uwanna, the digital ...

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 ...

  Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has filed a petition with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, accusing Justice Binta Murtala-Nyako of the Federal High Court of misconduct in handling his treason trial. Kanu’s petition, submitted through his brother Prince Emmanuel Kanu, alleges that Justice Nyako displayed ...

  Two judges were killed in a shooting attack at Iran’s Supreme Court building in Tehran on Saturday, January 18, Iranian state media reported. According to the judiciary’s Mizan Online, the attack was a “planned act of assassination.” The judges, identified as Ali Razini, 71, and Mohammad Moghisseh, 68, were targeted in their office. Both ...

  Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, has disclosed that he inherited a disjointed judiciary burdened by debts when he assumed office. Speaking during a phone-in programme in Owerri on Tuesday evening, the governor highlighted the challenges his administration faced in addressing the judiciary’s issues. “When I took office, I cleared all the bills weighing down ...

  The Jigawa State Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has dismissed three judicial officers for misconduct and advised three Sharia Court judges to resign, while reprimanding two others for dereliction of duty. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by Abbas Wangara, the Director of Protocol and Publicity for the Jigawa State Judiciary, following ...

  The People’s Court of Hanoi is set to hear the case of prominent lawyer Tran Dinh Trien on January 9, 2025. Tran, arrested on June 1, 2024, faces charges under Article 331 of Vietnam’s penal code for “infringing upon the interests of the state.” If convicted, he could face up to seven years in ...

    Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Chief Wole Olanipekun has called on lawyers to thoroughly read and understand court judgments before publicly criticising the judiciary. Speaking at the third lecture series of the Faculty of Law at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Olanipekun expressed concern over lawyers who attack the courts without fully understanding ...