Chief Justice

The Lagos State Chief Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, has inaugurated two tribunals to look into complaints occasioned by the conduct of local government elections in the state last Saturday. Justice Olateru Olagbegi was named as the…

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed receiving a letter from Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, requesting the confirmation of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN). Senate President Bukola Saraki, read the letter on…

ASP Tanimu Jeremiah, a prosecution witness in the trial of Justice Adeniyi Ademola, told the FCT High Court on Thursday that only the President could approve for use the type of gun found in Ademola’s residence. Justice Adeniyi Ademola,…

The Chief Judge of Sokoto State, Justice Bello Abbas, has granted pardon to 28 awaiting trial inmates in the Sokoto Central Prisons. The chief judge pardoned the inmates on Wednesday in Sokoto when he paid a scheduled visit to the…

Zimbabwe held its first ever public interviews for the vacant post of Chief Justice on Tuesday. The public interviews was to reflect President Robert Mugabe’s reduced authority under a constitution adopted three years ago in the southern…

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Justice Usman Bello has pardoned ten prisoners held up in Kuje medium prison. Two prisoners at the Kuje medium prison have been released unconditionally, while another…

Nnamdi Kanu's case file has been returned  by his lawyer John Tsoho to Ibrahim Auta, Cheif Justice  of federal  high court for assignment to someone  else. An application was written by the legal team of Mr. Nnamdi Kanu led by Chuks …

The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday released 153 inmates from the Kirikiri Maximum and Minimum Prisons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 129 inmates from the Medium Prisons and 24…

The Chief Justice of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta has re-assigned the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Abuja by five members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, seeking the removal of the Senate President,…

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud Mohammed has said that there is a need to completely overhaul the Nigerian judiciary system because it is currently not fit for 21st century circumstances. According to News Agency of Nigeria, Mohammed…

It seems that the anti-corruption crusade of the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Head, National Judicial Council, Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar is not slowing down as there are indication that a former head of the Court of Appeal who is still…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Alooma Mukhtar, has promised that the National Judicial Council (NJC)  look into the controversy surrounding the questionable judgement delivered by Justice Abubakar Talba of the Abuja High Court…