Tag: Nigerian judiciary

In 1993, the country escaped ruination by the skin of its teeth. That would have been a prohibitive price to ...

Increasingly, doctrines of judicial independence serve only one purpose: to render the judges independent of accountability for breaching it. The ...

The CJN will deliver a 'State of the Judiciary Address' during the event, which will also mark the beginning of ...

When the House of Lords, as the upper chamber of the UK Parliament is called, debated the Courts Bill introduced ...

“The mind grows old, no less than the body.” Aristotle, The Politics, Book II, Ch. 9, 146 (Penguin Classics, 1981) ...

Mr El-Rufai also criticised the use of ex parte orders in political matters and accused some lawyers of using the ...

Anambra North senatorial constituency comprises seven Local Government Areas (LGAs). These are: Anambra East, Anambra West, Anyamelum, Ogbaru, Onitsha North, ...

There have been growing calls from within and outside Nigeria for probes and adequate punishments for those responsible for the ...

In reality, however, the principal problem that ails Nigeria’s judicial system is that the guardrails and incentives for ethical judicial ...

Mr Osigwe, 51, who will be inaugurated as the 32nd NBA president in August, says he is committed to addressing ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Olukayode Ariwoola It is a fitting coda to the tenure of outgoing Chief Justice of ...

Justice Hyeladzira Nganjiwa It seemed clear, even on the face of the judgment, that the case was a joint enterprise ...

The groups say their petition highlights concerns about the integrity of the Nigerian judiciary, specifically focusing on a series of ...

Former Malawi Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda. In the Malawi, citizens learnt the hard way that the judiciary is ordinarily a ...

The courts no longer even pretend to tether their pronouncements to any sense of principle, precedent or proportion. To use ...

The Rivers government has refused to comment on the issue.

Mr Bulkachuwa, a former senator, made the damning remarks about how he influenced his wife's decision as a judge and ...

Obi’s epic judicial battles and tenacity made Anambra the first state in Nigeria to have an off-season governorship election.

62 years after Independence, Nigeria’s law students are still wondering what judicial independence was supposed to mean to begin with. ...

"Nothing stops the office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, the ICPC and other investigatory agencies from opening the books ...

The minister said the federal government cannot determine if the judiciary’s allocation is sufficient or not when its budget is ...

The Nigerian judiciary fails to match its call for more funding with financial transparency and probity.

The group also condemned the leadership of the NBA for its handling of the charge and suspension of the CJN.

The chief justice says manual forms of communication within the Nigerian Courts will be phased out.

The party urges all Nigerians to get their permanent voters cards to elect only credible persons into public offices.