Justice Onnoghen may not be Nigeria's substantive CJN - Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm over possibility of  preventing Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen from becoming the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), saying his appointment as Acting CJN was “either a grand plot to deprive him of his well-deserved appointment as CJN because he is from the South-South region or those cabals in the Aso Rock Presidential Villa want to hold him in the jugular,

Photos: Pres. Buhari swears in acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen

President Buhari yesterday swore in the new Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen at the State House in Abuja. Onnoghen takes over from Justice Mahmud Mohammed who retired

President Buhari to swear in Onnoghen as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria today

President Buhari will today at about 2pm at the state house Abuja, swear in acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen. ‎This follows the retirement of the current CJN,

Supreme Court upholds Seriake Dickson's election as Bayelsa State Governor

The Supreme Court today Tuesday, November 8, upheld the election of Seriake Dickson as the validly elected Governor of Bayelsa State. The seven-member panel of judges led by Justice Tanko Muhammad gave the ruling

National Judicial Council suspends 7 senior judges accused of corruption

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has suspended seven senior judges arrested on October 7th by the State Security Service over allegations of corrupt practices. The judicial body had initially refused to suspend the accused judges but resolved to suspend them after the council’s meeting which took place between yesterday

DSS arrest: NBA seeks suspension of affected judges

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has asked judges who are currently being investigated by the Department of State Services (DSS) over allegations of corruption to suspend sitting and proceed on compulsory suspension.

NBA President, Abubakar Mahmud (SAN), said this at a valedictory court session for the retiring Justice Sotonye Denton-West of the Court of Appeal yesterday October 20th.

Judge Ofili-Ajumogobia Allegedly Busted In Fake Hospital Admission Scandal After Snubbing EFCC

According to SR, a Federal High Court judge, Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, has been busted by detectives of the EFCC in a hospital admission racket in Lagos.

I was made to sign a confessional statement at gunpoint- Justice Adeniyi Ademola says

Justice Adeniyi Ademola who was among the judges that were arrested and detained last Saturday by agents of the Department of State Security, says he was made to sign a confessional statement at the DSS office with a gun pointed at him. In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ademola alleged that the sting operation carried out by DSS at his home in Abuja, was a personal vendetta against him masterminded by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.