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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja There is confusion over the health status of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad. Whereas the Supreme Court, in a statement that was signed by its Director of Press and Information, Dr Akande Festus, debunked report that there is anxiety over the CJN’s health, a Justice of
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Justice Tanko Mohammad, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), said on Monday that lawyers who engaged in unprofessional conduct during court proceedings would be sanctioned. Mohammad was represented by Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, while marking the 2020/2021 legal year and swearing-in the 72 newly conferred 72 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN). He appealed to lawyers, particularly
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By Tordue Salem, Abuja Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State, Elder Fred Udeogu has dragged the State Chief Judge, Justice Anselm Nwigwe before the National Judicial Council (NJC) and Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) an ex parte injunction in the suit challenging Governor Dave Umahi’s decision to suspend
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By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said there is a need for more cerebral legal practitioners to emerge in Nigeria in order to resist tyranny and expand what he described as frontiers of jurisprudence in the country. Justice Muhammad said with more good lawyers, the fundamental issues
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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on Friday, swore in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court, even as he tasked them to be upright and see themselves as representatives of God on earth. The CJN described the occasion as “epochal and exhilarating”, noting that elevation of
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has cautioned the eight new Justices of the Supreme Court not to allow their personal ambitions to becloud their sense of judgment. Mohammad gave the warning during the swearing in ceremony of the newly appointed justices on Friday. He advised them to rather see themselves as
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad has implored newly appointed judges of High Courts and Kadis of Sharia Courts, to shun all forms of gratification in the discharge of their legal duties. The CJN, who gave the charge on Monday in Abuja, also admonished the judges to be proactive and device personal
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said that Nigeria will suffer grave effect if judicial officers are consistently deprived of requisite infrastructure. Justice Muhammad made the remark at the commissioning of 24-bedroom duplexes built for Judges of Rivers origin serving both in the State and Federal Judiciaries at the Emmanuel Chinwenwo
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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has called for urgent measures towards the speedy trial of cases and decongestion of custodial centres in the country, in view of COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreThe Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Tanko, has ordered all heads of court in the country to suspend all court sitting indefinitely. The CJN had earlier issues a two weeks suspension of all courts on March 24, as part of measures to contain the spread of Coronavirus in the country.
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