The National Judicial Council (NJC) has distanced itself from the purported appointment by Governor Hope Uzodinma of Justice Theophilus Nnamdi Nzeukwu as the acting Chief Judge of Imo State. In a statement by its Deputy Director (Information), Mrs. Kemi Ogendengbe, the NJC said it was yet to consider a request by Uzodinma to appoint Justice Nzeukwu, who is currently No. …

The Federal Government’s statutory allocations to the National Assembly (NASS) and the National Judicial Council (NJC) in 2024 hit a total sum of N564 billion in October, findings by Saturday PUNCH have revealed. In February, the House of Representatives pushed for five per cent of the country’s yearly budget to be allocated to the federal legislature and judiciary. The Green …

According to the legal body, its investigations established that the Chief Judge of Imo State, Hon. Justice T. E. Chukwuemeka Chikeka and the Grand Kadi of Yobe State, Hon. Kadi Babagana Mahdi, had in their bid to remain on the bench, falsified their age. Consequently, the Council, which has the statutory powers to discipline erring judicial officers, recommended the compulsory …

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 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 …

Wife of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Suzette Eberechi Wike, and 21 other successful candidates have been recommended by the National Judicial Council (NJC) for appointment as Justices of the Court of Appeal (JCAs). Also, the NJC recommended for appointment as Judges, the daughter-in-law of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, Victoria Oluwakemi …

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has faulted the composition of the National Judicial Council (NJC), which is the body responsible for disciplining erring judicial officers in the country. NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country faulted the current system that made it mandatory that the Council must be headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria …

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, …