With 68 days to the 2027 general elections, 375 judges were inaugurated today to serve on tribunals that will hear election petitions filed by aggrieved parties across the country. Section 285(1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, vests in the President of the Court of Appeal the responsibility of constituting Election Petition Trib...
•Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun In anticipation of litigation that could arise from the 2027 general elections, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, today warned judges across the country against allowing politicians to manipulate the legal system to gain undeserved advantage. The CJN par...
Kwara State Chief Judge Abiodun Adebara has urged lawyers and judges in Nigeria to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) in judicial administration responsibly and cautiously. Justice Adebara admitted that AI had come to stay, but added that “in judicial administration, AI should be used with caution, as an aid to and not a substitute for human [&h...
The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has abolished what it described as “colonial court culture,” banning lawyers from bowing to judges and scrapping the use of traditional honorifics such as “My Lord,” “Your Lordship,” and “Your Worship” in courtrooms. The directive, contained in an Executive Order issued by ULS President Isaac K. Ssemakadde, SAN, to...
Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N100 million in costs against the National Welfare Secretary of the African Democratic Party (ADC), Nkemakolam Ukandu, for filing what it described as a frivolous suit against the court’s Chief Judge, John Tsoho, and another judge of the court, Justice Peter Lifu. In a ruling today, Justice Salim [&helli...
•ADC national chairman, David Mark The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on the federal government to hands off judicial matters and immediately cease attempts to interfere in the ongoing case between its leadership and Nafiu Bala Gombe. ADC, through its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi in a statement said the p...
•Nigerian lawyers The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has expressed shock at reports about judges bullying lawyers and also unlawfully ordering their detention. The first report of such a thing emanated from the proceedings in Suit No. PHC/301/2016, Mr. Bodiseowei Zidougha v. The Chief of Naval Staff & 2 Ors before the High Court of Rivers ...
•CJN Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)N, Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, today charged newly appointed judges of the Federal High Court to see their elevation to the Bench as a sacred constitutional trust rather than a mere rise in status, warning that their decisions would shape the nation’s economic stability, governance...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has approved the appointment of Adefunke Helen Anoma and four others as new Judges for the Ekiti State High Court. The four others were Olanike Caroline Adegoke, Julius Sunday Bamidele Bamise, Julius Ajibare and Stephen Rotimi Akinyede. The Deputy Director, Information of NJC, Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, Esq , ...
•Pastor Bakare The Serving Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has urged urgent personal and structural reforms within Nigeria’s justice system, warning that entrenched corruption among legal practitioners and judges continues to hold the nation captive. The cleric, who is also a legal practitioner, described th...
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