Three federal judges on Wednesday strongly condemned President Donald Trump’s sweeping pardons of supporters who stormed the US Capitol four years ago in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “No pardon can change the tragic truth of what happened on January 6, 2021,” District Judge Tanya Chutkan said in an order dismissing the charges against a …

The National Judicial Council has dismissed as false, the report that two out of the five justices that sat on the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal panel which upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election died mysteriously. Both Justices, Justice Mistura Bolaji-Yusuf and Justice Boloukuoromo Ugo, who were a member of the panel that delivered the 6 September 2023 judgment, dismissed the petition …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up four probe panels to investigate 27 High Court judges over alleged misconduct brought against them. The council also issued a letter of advice to Justice Olusegun Muniru Olagunju of Oyo State High Court to be circumspect as a judicial officer before acting, even in the most challenging situation. Justice Olagunju was said …

The Chief Justice of Nigerian (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has vowed to deal ruthlessly with errant and controversial judges who are fond of giving what he called an “unpalatable cocktail of misleading and conflicting judgments”. He insisted that, “your conduct and disposition must tally with the yearnings and aspirations of the generality of the citizenry”. Justice Ariwoola handed down the …

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Kayode Ariwoola has urged judicial officers to remain faithful to the law, the Constitution and their oath of office in the discharge of their responsibilities. He also warned them against unethical practices. Justice Ariwoola spoke yesterday at the oath taking ceremony of 22 new justices of the Appeal Court and 12 judges of the …

Kwara State government took the welfare of judges at the state High Court a step higher on this year’s Workers’ Day as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq presented 11 top-of-the-range Toyota Fortuner Jeeps to the judges. The chief judge, Justice Abiodun Adebara also got a 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser for his office use, which underlined the administration’s efforts to make the judges …

The House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary has invited the Ministers of Finance, Budget and National Planning as well as the Secretary, National Judicial Council for deliberation over the poor remuneration of judicial officials across the country. Also invited to the meeting slated for Monday, 25 March 2024, are the National President, Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria, the Chairman, Revenue …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has raised the alarm over repeated attempts by some fraudsters to defraud retired judicial officers of their pensions. The council claimed that the fraudsters had been bombarding retired judges with phone calls demanding various sums of money to help them fast-track the payment of their retirement benefits. In a statement on Sunday, the NJC Director …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has put on hold the process of appointment of judges and Khadis for the Kogi State Judiciary. The decision followed a letter written to the council by some Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), intimating it on a suit instituted against the purported appointment by Governor Yahaya Bello. The SANs, including Jibrin Okutepa and Yunus Usman, …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, on Wednesday, cautioned judges against bringing disrepute to the judiciary arm of government. He warned them not to attempt to convince anybody no matter how highly placed but to always consult with laws and rules before writing their judgments and rulings. The CJN spoke while declaring open the 2023 Conference of …