Court proceedings in magistrate courts across Cross River State may be grounded following the commencement of an indefinite strike by magistrates over unresolved welfare and service-condition issues. The industrial action was announced in Bulletin No. 3 dated February 9, 2026, issued by the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN), Cross River...
Magistrates, Presidents of Grade ‘A’ Customary Courts and Legal Research Officers in Ondo State have suspended their two-week-old industrial action following agreements with the State Government. The suspension was announced last night in a statement jointly signed by Mrs O. Edwin, Mr Segun Rotiba, and Mrs Agbomola. The judicial officers, unde...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State As magistrates in Ondo State are facing terrible condition of service, the Ondo State chapter of the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) has condemned the act of its members boarding public transport with criminals and litigants. The association expressed fear in the failure of the state government...
•Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Salisu Abdullahi have advised judicial officers to desist from seeing their appointment as an opportunity for self-enrichment. Justices Kekere-Ekun and Abdullahi said, inste...

