The Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking an upward review of salaries, allowances and other fringe benefits of judicial officers in the country. This followed the adoption of the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters presented by the Chairman of the committee,  Senator Mohammed Monguno (APC, Borno North). If the bill, earlier passed by …

The Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) has nominated 22 Court of Appeal justices to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for elevation to the Supreme Court bench. According to an FJSC, the nominees represent each geopolitical zone. The North-Central and South-East regions have the largest share with six candidates each, while the South-West and South-South each have two nominees. The North-East …

It was a Friday. The weekend was imminent and people, expectedly, were winding down after a busy week. The Jum’mat service would also hold in the afternoon. These, however, did not impact the zestful participation of guests at the 77th birthday public presentation of the biography of a retired Justice of the Supreme Court (JSC), John Afolabi Fabiyi. Justice Fabiyi …

The unprecedented rumpus within the apex bench – the Supreme Court – has attracted the intervention of the Body of Benchers, which has the responsible to regulate the legal profession in Nigeria. Aggrieved Supreme Court justices had accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad of abandoning his responsibilities and diverting funds meant for the running of the …