National Judicial Council (NJC)

The National Judicial Council (NJC) held an emergency meeting on Monday to take formal note of President Muhammad Buhari's acceptance of the voluntary retirement of Justice Walter Onnoghen, as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). In a…

Senator Osita Izunaso has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC), the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court over the conduct of Justice Okon Abang, in the case between governor Rochas…

Justice Ineikade Eradiri of the Bayelsa State High Court 7 sitting in Yenagoa has voluntarily withdrawn from the ongoing rape trial of Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, former Security Adviser to former Governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva.…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday tendered a copy of the Revised Code of Conduct for Judicial Officers of Nigeria at the resumed trial of former Justice Mohammed Yunusa, a dismissed Judge of the Federal High Court. The News…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has removed the name and image of convicted Justice Walter Onnoghen from its current members' list on its website. Onnoghen was last week convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for violating…

Ahead of the planned arraignment of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen today at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has again urged the federal government to discontinue…

MORE troubles for the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh petition against him. The National Judicial Council (NJC), at the end of…

THE National Judicial Council (NJC) has asked suspended Chief Justice of Nigerian, Justice Walter Onnoghen to respond to a new petition written to it by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission. The NJC also resolved to constitute into…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday urged an Ikeja High Court to strike out the charges against Justice Rita Ofili Ajumogobia, conceding that the Court has no jurisdiction to hear the ongoing corruption case. Mr…

THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen on Thursday has directed that more Judges and Justices be appointed to panels of the Election Petition Tribunals and Election Appeals Tribunals in addition to those who may have…