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The CJN directed that all concerned lawyers should discontinue the practice, which she described as inappropriate and unprofessional immediately.

The Supreme Court said NBA's publication on the issuance of 'Tamper Proof Seals for Notaries Public,' should be disregarded.

A five-member panel of the court on Monday in Abuja ruled that the appeal court exceeded the limits of its ...

The groups maintained that the constitutional right of appeal must not be misconstrued as contempt of court, warning that such ...

The NBA described the late former CJN Muhammad as a fine jurist whose loss will be greatly felt by the ...

The time has come for Nigeria’s judiciary to recalibrate the balance between procedural efficiency and substantive justice. The solution lies ...

In Nigeria where the decision on whom to confer the mandate to rule has been relocated by fiat of the ...

On Thursday, the 3rd of April, the ICPC, alongside its technical partner, the Center for Fiscal Transparency and Public Integrity ...

Legal challenges like this one are essential for deepening Nigeria’s democratic institutions. Testing constitutional provisions ensures that governance is rooted ...

Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State. How is a layman supposed to interpret all this? The grandiose legal system ...

The 50th anniversary convocation of a university is not an emergency event. The parties who met in Calabar had to ...

The Supreme Court ruling on Rivers State has left a trail of confusion, economic hardship, and political instability. It has ...

Mr Odili had obtained an in 2008, effectively shielded him from any scrutiny by the EFCC.

Chief Justice of Nigeria Kekere-Ekun When Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, showed up reportedly to turn the sod on ...

Supreme Court of Nigeria The crisis of appellate throughput and its consequences which presently afflicts Nigeria’s Supreme Court is too ...

“He believed strongly that a judge must decide cases without fear or favour, affection or ill will."

"All over the world, county or municipal governments, called Local Government Areas in Nigeria..."

...the Supreme Court verdict is a starting point for a long-drawn process. It will help the local governments in three ...

“I will use the knowledge and instrument of the law to advocate for the downtrodden, the oppressed and all those ...

Typically, Monday mornings are busy with many cases, but SSS personnel would not allow lawyers and litigants to enter the ...

Supreme Court of Nigeria It is courteous to wish the new Justices credible and successful tenures as Supremes but that ...

Well, we all must rise, acquiesce and in unison say: As the Court pleases. In effect, it was the decision ...

The recent Supreme Court judgment, which affirmed the ruling of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, was not unexpected. As Abimbola ...

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola ...this has become the rule, not the exception. The result is that ...

Supreme Court of Nigeria Politicians have learnt to turn election dispute resolution into auditions for the shifting of judicial deck ...