Tag: judges
Fagbemi urges judges to stop remanding minor offenders with hardened criminals
ABUJA- The Minister of Justice, Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called for the implementation of non-custodial measures and sentencing guidelines under the Administration of...
Judges accommodation: Wike directs FCDA to provide infrastructure in Katampe, Jabi
ABUJA- The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has directed the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), to provide infrastructure in the area earmarked for...
Remove regular Judges from election matters, establish ‘special electoral court’ –...
By Abuja (Sundiata Post) - This was according to a joint report released on Sunday by the International Society for Civil Liberties and...
Azu Crabbe and our judges, By Emeka Obasi
•Late Justice Samuel Azu CrabbeJustices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria should know Samuel Azu Crabbe, Chief Justice of Ghana between 1973 and...
Introduction to Kritocracy, By Anthony Kila
Regardless of where you started and now what you have become in life (or what life has turned you into), there is no doubt...
Federal High Court CJ releases new posting for judges
ABUJA- The Chief Judge of Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, on Wednesday, released a new posting for judges to various divisions across...
Powerful Lagos, powerless Osun State, By Lasisi Olagunju
If I were a politician, my devotion hours would be to the courts instead of pouring oil on INEC and voters, deities of limited...
African tales in engineering the courts, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
At their summit in Nassau, The Bahamas, in 1985, the Commonwealth Heads of State and Governments (CHOGM), decided to establish an Eminent Persons Group...
INEC failure why Judges determine winners of elections – Falana
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has said judges are not suited to determine the winners of elections in an...
Supreme Court Has the Lowest Number of Judges in History –...
ABUJA- The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola has disclosed that the Supreme Court presently has the lowest number of Justices in...
Supreme Court Justices deplete to 10 as Justice Dattijo bows out...
ABUJA- The Justices on the bench of the Supreme Court has depleted to 10 as Justice Musa Dattijo Muhammad bows out on Friday, October...
2023/2024 Legal Year: Judges are well taken care of in Oyo,...
IBADAN- The Oyo judiciary on Monday in Ibadan kicked off activities to mark the commencement of the 2023/2024 legal year, with the Chief Justice,...
Public opinion can never override constitutional provisions in justice delivery –...
ABUJA- The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola says public opinion no matter how serious or weighty it might be, cannot override...
The reign of pillow-talk law, By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
“Our politicians are no longer content with hiring Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs), they also have their own judges.” Olusegun Adeniyi, When Judges Imperil...
Tinubu signs first bill, increases judges’ retirement age
ABUJA - President Bola Tinubu on Thursday, June 8, assented to a bill to increase the retirement age of judicial officers in the country...
For judges and teachers, By Lasisi Olagunju
Six weeks after the civil war ended in 1970, Chief Obafemi Awolowo as Vice Chairman of the Federal Executive Council and Federal Commissioner for...
Ajulo Make Case For Appointment Of Auxiliary Judges To Decide Cases...
By Femi OgunsholaAbuja, - Barr Kayode Ajulo, a Constitutional Lawyer, has called for the appointment of auxiliary judges to decide cases in courts...
Adamawa CJ seeks prayers for judges
By IBRAHIM KADOHONG (ADAMAWA)- Justice Hafsatu Abdulrahman, the Acting Chief Judge of Adamawa on Saturday called for special prayers to enable judges to...
Ayade presents vehicles to Cross River judges
Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Wednesday in Calabar presented new vehicles to newly appointed judges in the state, saying they deserve better...
Nnamdi Kanu: Judge Forces Nigeria’s Secret Police, DSS To Relax Security...
According to SaharaReporters, the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra would continue today, Wednesday before Justice Binta Nyako of...