Justice Reform Project (JRP) has warned that the absence of transparency in the process of the appointment of judicial officers by the National Judicial Council (NJC), will diminished the process.

It is regrettable although I do not have the facts but the reality of the matter is that it is an unhealthy development.

Days after the Cross River State House of Assembly (CRSHA) turned down the confirmation of Justice Akon Ikpeme, as the state’s substantive chief judge on the ground that she hails from Akwa Ibom State

Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, has pledged that his administration would ensure the independence of the judiciary and ensure the rule of law.

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of six heads of court, 26 judges for state high courts as well as a Kadi for the Sharia Court of Appeal.

Civil Rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed utter and absolute shock at the failure of the chief Justice of Nigeria

The Senate has expressed concern over the poor welfare package for judges.

So, it set me on a collision course with elements in my party first and foremost. Secondly in 2015, I contested against seven other people. Some of these people were considered to be scions of some well-established families in the state.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, yesterday sought financial autonomy for the judiciary to enable that arm of government perform its functions more creditably.

A Kogi High Court sitting in Koton-Karfe has ruled that the executive and legislature could not remove the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah, without recourse to the National Judicial Council (NJC). It also declared that Chief Registrar of the state High Court held a statutory position as the judiciary’s accounting officer and therefore, not…

It was not the pressure of guilt that made presiding justice of the presidential election petition tribunal Zainab Bulkachuwa to quit yesterday. She was secure in the rightness of staying on the panel if she chose. For the panel dismissed the application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the…

Elder statesman and Ikenne, Ogun State community leader, Yinka Ogunmuyiwa has asked the National Judicial Council (NJC) to sanction a high court judge for allegedly violating the code of conduct of judicial officers.    Ogunmuyiwa made the prayers in a petition, which he wrote against the judge of the Ogun State high court, dated March…