Category: Judiciary

HURIWA kicks against Wike, Tinubu’s move to build houses for judges 

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HURIWA kicks

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), has attributed judicial corruption to undue influence exerted by the Executive branch on the Judiciary. HURIWA stated this while citing a recent development where the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Minister, Nyesom Wike, announced plans to build 40 houses for Justices of the Court of Appeal, Federal High Court, and other senior judicial officers. According to reports, Wike revealed that President Bola Tinubu had approved the construction of the houses, which includes retirement homes for the Chief Judges of the FCT Federal High…

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CJN to swear in 87 new SANs Monday

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CJN to swear

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will swear in 87 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) on Monday, at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court, Abuja. A statement issued by the Court’s Director of Information and Public Relations, Festus Akande, on Friday, said the ceremony is part of programmes lined up to mark the formal commencement of the 2024/2025 legal year. During the event, Justice Kekere-Ekun will deliver a state-of-the-judiciary address to highlight the performance of the Supreme Court in particular, and the Nigerian Judiciary in general,…

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“Focus on justice, not self-enrichment” – CJN Kekere-Ekun urges newly appointed judges

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CJN Kekere Ekun

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 the judicial officers should see their appointment as a divine call to address injustice, protect the rule of law and safeguard the people’s fundamental rights. Both senior jurists spoke yesterday in Abuja, at the opening of a week-long second induction course, with the theme: “Repositioning the Courts for Better…

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Tinubu swears-in Acting CJN, Kekere-Ekun

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Tinubu swears in CJN

…Urges her to ‘be loyal to Nigeria’s Constitution’ President Bola Tinubu yesterday administered the oath of office to Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), pending her confirmation by the 10th Senate. The swearing-in of the 23rd CJN, and the second female justice to hold the office, took place at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja. Justice Kekere-Ekun will succeed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who bowed out on Thursday after clocking the retirement age of 70 years. In his remarks, President Tinubu urged the acting…

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NJC nominates Kekere-Ekun as Nigeria’s next Chief Justice, 28 others as Judges

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CJN Kekere Ekun

The National Judicial Council, (NJC), at its 106th Meeting, presided over by the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, held on 14 & 15 August, recommended Hon. Justice Kudirat Motonmori Kekere-Ekun, CFR, to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointment as the next Chief Justice of Nigeria. Director of Information, Soji Oye, Esq., said this in a statement yesterday. The recommendation comes as Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, GCON, is set to formally bow out of office as the Hon. Chief Justice of Nigeria next week Thursday, on…

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‘Judiciary now last hope of rich people’ – AGF Fagbemi

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AGF Fagbemi

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has said Judiciary now for politicians and other influential people in the country. Fagbemi made the assertion on Thursday, during the groundbreaking N37 billion construction of the Abuja Division of the Appeal Court Complex at Daki-Biyu, by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike. Recall that the FCT Minister had at the ceremony said that President Bola Tinubu, approved N30 billion of the N37 billion in the 2024 Budget, for the structure which he promised…

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Kano emirship tussle: CJN summons judges over conflicting orders

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CJN summons

…As tension rises in Kano Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has summoned the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge of Kano State High Court, over conflicting interim injunctions amidst Kano emirship tussle. Recall that Justice S.A. Amobeda, of the Federal High Court in Kano, had issued an order to evict the 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II from the Ƙofar-Kudu Palace. The order had enforced the authority of the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero. “An order of interim injunction…

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Kano: ​Federal High Court orders Sanusi’s eviction, State court stops enforcement

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Kano emirate tussle

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the eviction of Emir Muhammadu Sunusi II from the Ƙofar-Kudu Palace, while a State High Court has restrained the Police and other security agencies from carrying out the eviction order. Recall that the Federal Court had yesterday ordered the police to ensure all rights and privileges due to the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Bayero be given to him, as the rightful Emir of Kano. The presiding judge, Justice S. A. Amobeda, who gave the ex-parte order, stated that the order was…

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Lawyers, CSOs, others seek unbundling of CJN’s office

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…Says ‘It’s too powerful’ Legal practitioners and civil groups in Nigeria have called for the unbundling of the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, on the grounds that the occupant possesses “overbearing and ubiquitous powers” which can impact negatively on the Judiciary. This was part of recommendations contained in a communique issued at the end of a one-day conference in Abuja on ‘Judicial Accountability, organized by TAP Initiative’, with support from Open Society Foundations. According to them, the Office of the CJN, as it is presently constituted, is…

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“See yourselves as next to God” – CJN, Ariwoola urges new Supreme Court justices

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Chief Justice of Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has urged the 11 new Justices of the apex court to see themselves as the representatives of the Almighty God on earth, because any judgment they deliver can only be upturned in heaven. CJN Ariwoola, who stated this shortly after swearing-in 11 Justices of the Supreme Court, bringing the number of apex court Justices to 21,  described as a significant milestone for the Nigerian Judiciary. The CJN also urged the new justices to uphold unwavering integrity and moral uprightness in…

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