judiciary

Amended NDLEA Act: Senate approves life imprisonment for drug traffickers, rejects death penalty

The Senate on Thursday agreed with the House of Representatives' recommendation to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment for…

8 hours ago
BREAKING: Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun sworn in as new Chief Justice of Nigeria

BREAKING: Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun sworn in as new Chief Justice of Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu has officially sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The ceremony…

2 months ago

Alia grants financial autonomy to Benue legislature, judiciary

Benue State Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has approved financial autonomy for both the legislative and judiciary branches of government.…

9 months ago

Gov Alia must come clean on leaked audio of his aide boasting about compromising judiciary

The attention of Defenders of Democracy (DoD) has been drawn to a leaked audio recording making the rounds in the…

1 year ago

Benue: Engo Elizabeth Aleje sworn-in as Customary Court of Appeal judge

Benue State governor, Dr. Samuel Ortom has charged newly sworn judge of the Customary Court of Appeal, Engo Elizabeth Aleje,…

4 years ago

Opinion: Why time has come for the judicial arm of government to rescue itself from itself and executive humiliation

By JS Okutepa (SAN) Enough of judicial gentility. What on earth is the judiciary still doing and working when on…

5 years ago

Why there’s need to fight for the independence of the Judiciary (Opinion)

By JS Okutepa (SAN) The judiciary and the legal profession must be ready to extricate itself from the slavery and…

5 years ago

Judiciary should appoint INEC boss not president – Atiku Abubakar

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has called for the implementation of the Justice Lawal Uwais report on the reform of…

5 years ago

“Nigeria judiciary one of the best in Africa” – CJN Tanko Mohammed

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Mohammed, has said that Nigeria judiciary remains one of the best in Africa.…

5 years ago