The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, yesterday, backed the proposed 300 per cent increase in the salaries and allowances of judicial office holders in the country by President Bola Tinubu. The National Judicial Council (NJC), Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), and the Revenue Mobilisation and Fiscal Allocation Commission (RMAFC), among others, also endorsed the …

The Senate is set to commence a public hearing on the upward review of judge’s salaries, allowances and fringe benefits for judicial officers nationwide. According to The PUNCH, the Senate’s notice of public hearing marked NASS/S/CJHL/024 10th Sen/2024/01, addressed to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), was sighted on Sunday. The letter dated 14 …

The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) to increase the salary of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) from N3.4 million monthly to N10 million. The court said that the current salary of the CJN is earned by his counterparts in other countries. The court also ruled that a substantial increment …