The National Judicial Council has recommended 14 candidates to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as Judges of the Federal High Court. In a statement yesterday, Kemi Ogedengbe, Deputy Director of Information at the NJC, said the recommendation was made during the council’s 110th meeting, held from January 13 to 14, 2026 and presided o...
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 , ...
The National Judicial Council (NJC), has recommended the elevation and appointment of the presiding justice of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole for appointment as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. NJC’s Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Babalola-Ogedengbe, disclosed this in a statement yesterday. Babalo...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has clarified that it has not taken final action on the 62 legal practitioners in the country who applied for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court (FHC) of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the Nigerian Bar Association Anti-Corruption Committee (NBAA-CC) has warned that unresolved corruption allegations involvi...
The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has shortlisted 28 lawyers for appointment as judges of the Federal High Court. The shortlisted lawyers were among the 62 applicants who passed the computer-based test (CBT) conducted by the court for them, reports The Nation. It was that the 34 others were dropped following the strict application...
•NJC building, Abuja The National Judicial Council (NJC) at its 109th Meeting presided over by the Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat M. O. Kekere-Ekun, GCON, held on June 25, 2025 has recommended two Hon. Judges for appointment as Heads of Court for Ekiti and Yobe States, respectively. The Heads of Court […]...
•NJC building The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended Justice G. C Aguma of the High Court of Rivers State and Justice A.O Nwabunike of the Anambra State High Court from performing judicial functions. They were both suspended for the period of one year without pay and placed on watch list for two years thereafter, […]
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