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REINSTATEMENT OF JUSTICE OFILI-AJUMOGOBIA: PERFECT DECISION BY THE NJC

Introduction The entire legal community, and the nation as a whole, received with huge excitement, the news of the reinstatement of Hon. Justice R. N. Ofili-Ajumogobia as a Judge of the Federal High Court by the National Judicial Council (NJC). The reinstatement was acknowledged and confirmed by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, […]

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December 13, 2022
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I. T. MUHAMMAD CJN RESIGNS: WHY SUDDEN RESIGNATION MET SUDDEN JUBILATION

How I. T. Muhammad CJN (Rtd) emerged as CJN In 2019, the Federal Government of Nigeria preferred Charge No. CCT/ABJ/01/19 against the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Honourable Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (CJN) for offences bordering on breach of code of conduct for public officers – non-disclosure of assets – at the Code […]

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June 28, 2022
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DANLADI UMAR: THE LAWYER, THE “JUDGE” AND THE “FIGHTER”

Mr. Danladi Umar is the current Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). He was recently caught in a video fighting a security personnel identified as Clement Sargwak at Banex Plaza in Wuse, Abuja, on Monday, 29 March 2021. The altercation had to do with a parking lot at the Plaza. The authenticity of […]

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April 2, 2021
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ICPC SURVEY: HAS THE NIGERIAN JUDICIARY OFFICIALLY JOINED THE MERRY-GO-ROUND CORRUPTION IN POLITICS?

The Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) recently carried out a survey – an 84-page survey titled, ‘Nigeria Corruption Index: Report of a Pilot Survey 2020’. According to the report of the Pilot Survey, The total amount of money reported by the justice sector respondents as corruptly demanded, offered and paid between 2018 and 2020 was […]

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December 29, 2020
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OPEN BAR INITIATIVE’S PETITION AGAINST NJC ON NOMINATION OF JUDGES: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

On 26 April, 2020, the National Judicial Council (NJC) released the names of 33 legal practitioners recommended to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for appointment into offices as Judges of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court. The release of the list of nominees has been confronted with criticisms, the foremost being […]

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May 8, 2020
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Supreme Court tells lawyer fighting the appointment of a Judge to mind his business.

Nworka v. Ononeze-Madu [2019] 7 NWLR (Pt. 1672) 422 The Story Two lawyers, Chidi Nworka and Ndionyemma Nwankwo, sued Hon. Justice Mrs. Ann Ononeze-Madu, the 1st Respondent herein, (who was then a serving Magistrate in Imo State Judiciary) The Governor and Attorney-General of the State were also sued alongside. The suit was filed by the […]

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June 25, 2019
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