•Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State The Imo State government has promised to implement the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on the appointment of an Acting Chief Judge for the State. The NJC had after its 108th meeting directed Governor Hope Uzodinma to reverse the appointment of the Acting Chief Judge of the […]
•NJC building The National Judicial Council (NJC) has directed the Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, to reverse the appointment of the Acting Chief Judge of the state, Justice Theophilus Nnamdi Nzeukwu, and appoint the most senior judge as the Acting Chief Judge of the state. The NJC, under the leadership of the Chief Justice […]
•Governor Hope Uzodinma The National Judicial Council (NJC) has distanced itself from the purported appointment by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Justice Theophilus Nnamdi Nzeukwu as the acting Chief Judge of Imo State. The NJC, in a statement by its Deputy Director (Information), Mrs. Kemi Ogendengbe said it was yet to consider a request by Uzodin...
•House of Representatives A bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to make mandatory the recommendation of the National Judicial Council before the removal of heads of Nigerian courts, passed a second reading in the House of Representatives today. The bill, which has been referred to the House Committee on Constitution Review, was sponsor...
•Incarcerated IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu The National Judicial Council has disclaimed reports that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has been released and repatriated back to Kenya. NJC in a statement signed by its Deputy Director of Information, Kemi Ogedengbe, today in Abuja, emphasised that the purported report is a ...
•Justice Maurice Ikpambese The National Judicial Council (NJC) says Justice Maurice Ikpambese remains the Chief Judge of Benue State. In a statement today signed by a spokesperson for the council, Kemi Ogedengbe, the NJC said Ikpambese remains the state’s chief judge until the complaints brought against the chief judge are investigated and del...
• Boloukuoromo Moses Ugo and Mistura Bolaji-Yusu The National Judicial Council, NJC, has debunked as baseless, report that two Justices that sat on the five-man panel that upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election, died mysteriously. In the report (not by The Frontier) that has gained traction in the social media, it was alleged that the two [&h...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has empanelled four committees to investigate petitions against about 27 judges on issues relating to allegations of misconduct. The NJC at its meeting between August 14 and 15 also elected to discard petitions written against the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, the Chief Jud...
•Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun The National Judicial Council has nominated Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The recommendation was made at its 106th Meeting presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola held yesterday and today, Augus...
•APC National Chairman Abdullahi Ganduje The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dragged Justice Usman Na’abba of the Kano State High Court before the National Judicial Council (NJC) for granting an ex parte order restraining the party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, from further parading himself as the party’s leader. The restraining ...
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