The National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, The Nation, quoting a source within the...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has concluded its investigation into allegations against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, and Acting Chief Justice...
After the result of the preliminary assessment of petitions against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and the acting CJN, Tanko Muhammad, the...
The United Nations special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Diego Garcia-Sayán, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to suspend Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of...
The National Judicial Commission, NJC, has issued a fresh query to the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The new NJC query has to...
Some Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives may appear before the National Judicial Council (NJC) on their findings on suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)...
The controversies that trailed the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the emergence of Tanko Mohammed as acting CJN may...
Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the Federal Government to withdraw its case against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, at the...
The Justice Reform Project, comprising twenty Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), has described the corruption allegations against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, as...
By Jerome-Mario Utomi… The irrational vibes coming from the supporters of the controversial suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen, as the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has handed the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) seven days ultimatum to respond to a petition filed against him by...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has started an emergency meeting in Abuja to deliberate on the suspension of the Chief Justice of the Nigeria (CJN), Walter...
Ahead of the emergency meeting of the National Judicial Council (NJC) slated for Tuesday, the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has sent a...
To deliberate the perceived clampdown on the judicial system in Nigeria, various judicial bodies have scheduled emergency meetings to address the suspension of the Chief Justice...
There are reports that the National Judicial Council (NJC) will Monday hold an emergency meeting over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the the Peoples Democratic Party and all those raising dust over President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of...
Senate President Bukola Saraki has strongly condemned President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, urging him to reverse the decision immediately. Saraki...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has described as an absolute breach of the constitution Friday’s suspension of Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). In...
Foremost lawyer, Afe Babalola (SAN), has described the planned arraignment on Monday of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of...
Justice Olusegun Tokode, who was removed from the Federal High Court’s bench in December 2017, will be replaced on Tuesday with a petitioner who exposed an...
Based on petitions from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) the National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended for the dismissal of two judges to President...
The Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee (COTRIMCO) has listed some of the factors preventing the speedy disposal of corruption cases in Nigeria. According to...
The National Judicial Commission (NJC) says it has set up a committee to investigate allegations leveled against some Judges by the Economic and Financial crimes Commission...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, has reiterated the important role of judicial officers in the preservation of democratic principles in the country, describing...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has made public a list of sixty judges it is recommending for appointment. The NJC’s decision was contained in a statement...
Former governor of Imo State, Dr Ikedi Ohakim has again attacked the incumbent governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha over salaries owed judges in the state....
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court and the dismissal from office...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has waded into the controversial removal of the Chief Judge of Abia State, Theresa Uzokwe, by the state’s house of assembly,...
The Court of Appeal in Lagos has ruled that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lacked the power to prosecute judges, prompting a strongly worded...
In an apparent move to cleanse itself of corruption, the National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday announced that it recommended to President Muhammadu Buhari to sack...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, has described as false, claims that the National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 14 Appeal Court judges for...
After the refusal of Justice Ayo Salami to head the Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has replaced him...
Barely a month after he was picked by the National Judicial Council, NJC, to head its Corruption and Financial Crime Cases Trial Monitoring Committee, COTRIMCO, former...
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday declared that the anti-corruption fight in the country could only succeed if proper and thorough investigations and prosecution were conducted....
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his prayer for God to grant Nigerians the patience to bear with his government as it sought to rebuild the economy...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, on Friday led a delegation of Supreme Court judges to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa,...
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer has stated that the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) could check the scourge of corruption within...
Bedeviled with myriads of petitions of alleged misconduct of 15 judges including two Chief Judges, the National Judicial Council has set up separate panels to investigate...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has directed all Heads of Courts in Nigeria to clampdown on both Prosecution and Defence Counsel who...
There are indications that the National Judicial Council (NJC) may have asked two judges facing alleged corruption charges, to excuse themselves from further sitting pending discharge...
The national judicial Council (NJC) has been accused of shielding corrupt judges. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Office of the Attorney-General of the...
A judge of the Federal High Court, Bayelsa Division, Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa recently reinstated by the National Judicial Council (NJC) was on Friday arraigned in court...
Sonala Olumhense … And so, last week, Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s Senate President, walked out of court a free man. The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) acquitted...
A Federal High Court judge, Hydiazira Nganjiwa, who was recently recalled from suspension by the National Judicial Council (NJC), on Tuesday challenged his arraignment by the...
The presidency, still unsatisfied with the conduct of the judiciary over recall of some suspected corrupt judges has again lashed out at the National Judicial Commission...
As expected, the showdown between the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Presidency may have kicked off as the judicial body has branded President Muhammadu Buhari...
By Azu Ishiekwene… The government of President Muhammadu Buhari just boxed itself into a corner and the National Judicial Council (NJC) is very pleased to beat...
The Federal Government seems to have been jolted to action by the recall of some judges it alleged were guilty of corrupt practices by the National...
The Presidency and the National Judicial Council (NJC) may be heading for a clash over the decision of the judicial arm of government to reinstate six...
Six judges whose homes were raided by the Department of State Security (DSS) and arrested last year over corruption allegation, have been asked to return to...
