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The absence of the two youth representatives serving in the Lagos Judicial Panel on EndSARS protest on Saturday stalled proceedings as the panel could not form a quorum. Brig.-Gen. A. I. Taiwo was already on hand to give Nigerian Army’s testimony on the alleged shooting of peaceful protesters at Lekki on Oct. 20 but the
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Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Mohammed has charged the executive arm of government to accord the judiciary its respect in all ramifications to carry out its constitutional duties without fear or favour.
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National Judicial Council, NJC, has Okayed investigation into a petition filed before it by the governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi.
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When a clean copy of the passed Bill has been presented to the President as required by law; and the President pocket-vetoes it based on Justice Mohammad’s “advice”, the NASS should go ahead to over-ride the President’s veto. That is the law!
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TRUE to its promise, the National Judicial Council, NJC, has constituted the Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases Trial Monitoring Committee, COTRINMCO, for the special courts designated to handle corruption cases as earlier announced by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, last month.
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KATSINA – The Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up to investigate loss of funds and properties in 2016 in Katsina State, has declared over N55 billion missing and unaccounted for under the administration of ex-gov, Shehu Ibrahim Shema.
Read MoreTHE qualification of the April 14 judgment of the Edo Governorship Election Tribunal, by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the immediate past governor of Edo State and sponsor of the APC governorship candidate Godwin Obaseki, as a “Mama Akara” Judgment has created a buzz as to what he advertently or inadvertently implied.
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Amid growing clamours for Judiciary independence, former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN) has added his voice, urging the National Assembly to amend the 1999 constitution and grant financial autonomy to the judiciary. He cautioned that the current situation whereby the executive controls the finances of the judiciary poses a danger to the nation’s democracy.
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On 27 June, 2016 Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja Division, removed Governor Okezie Ikpeazu from office as Governor of Abia State, after his election has been affirmed by the Supreme Court
Read MoreAPPARENTLY miffed by the delay in the dispensation of justice and the corruption that it breeds, President Muhammadu Buhari recently made a case for far-reaching reforms in the country’s judicial system. Such reforms must include the reviews of laws, institutions, processes and procedures that hamper the speedy delivery of justice.
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