•Judges wig Judicial activities across Ondo State were yesterday brought to a standstill following the commencement of an indefinite strike by magistrates, presidents of Grade ‘A’ customary courts and legal research officers over unresolved judicial autonomy and welfare. The industrial action was declared by the Coalition of Magistrates, Presi...
Courts in Kaduna State were shut on Monday as Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria began an indefinite strike to press home several demands, including the implementation of financial autonomy for the judiciary. The Federal and State high courts, Upper Shari’a court, Customary and Magistrates’ courts were under lock and key with banners on the gate...
•Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Yusuf Olaolu Ali, has called on the National Assembly to remove the powers of courts to declare winners in election petitions. He said such powers erode the essence of democracy and undermine the sovereignty of the electorate, reports Daily Trust. The senior lawyer disclosed this in Ilorin [&h...
•Atiku, Peter Obi, El-Rufai and Tinubu The Interim National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark, has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the President Bola Tinubu administration to use the courts to derail the party’s rising momentum. He issued the warning in Abuja during a visit by the ADC’s National Legal [&helli...
•Kidnapped Justice E. G. Omukoro Lawyers under the aegis of The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Yenagoa Branch, today, embarked on a symbolic court boycott across Bayelsa State to protest the abduction of Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a serving judge of the Bayelsa State High Court. The association described the action as a “solemn yet powerful de...
•Natasha and Akpabio The face-off between Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan and the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has continued unabated, as two High Courts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have separately summoned Akpabio. Also summoned by the two courts is the Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Onyekachi Nwaebonyi, over all...
•Femi Falana, SAN Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has revealed that courts in Nigeria have banned the illegal suspension of legislators. Falana, who disclosed this in a statement yesterday, said due to the court pronouncements, including the Court of Appeal on the illegality of the suspension of elected members of legislative houses in...
•CJN Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The Centre for Socio-Legal Studies (CSLS) has called on the Chief Justice of Nigeria to fast track the introduction of electronic processes in courts as the continued manual practice of proceedings is one of the reasons why cases are delayed and proceedings go on indefinitely. Professor Yemi Akinseye-George, SAN made t...
•Hunger protesters The 10-day #EndBadGovernance protests may have ended, but the fallout will continue to be with us for some time to come. For instance, several protesters arrested in some states, mainly in the North, have been charged to court and remanded in prison pending their trial which may not commence anytime soon, going by […]...
•FRSC officials The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will strengthen operations through prosecution of unruly drivers through mobile courts and contemporary courts across the country. The Corps Marshal, FRSC, Malam Shehu Mohammed said this during his first strategic sessions on Tuesday in Abuja with the sectors and Zonal Commanding Off...
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