National Judicial Council (NJC)

The ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) has given notice that it would file a petition before the National Judicial Council (NJC) to challenge the judgement of Court of Appeal in Calabar, Cross Rivers state capital.The Court of Appeal…

The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Thursday, set up eight committees to investigate allegations of official misconduct against eight judicial officers from amongst the 35 petitions written against 37 Judges of the Federal and State High…

Justice Benedict Kanyip has emerged acting President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) following the retirement of the substantive President, Justice Babatunde Adejumo who bowed out of the nation's judiciary upon his…

The National Judicial Council (NJC), on Wednesday, recommended Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad to President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).Rising from an emergency meeting Wednesday,…

A Kogi State high court sitting in Koton-Karfe, on Tuesday ruled that the executive and the state legislature, cannot remove the state Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah without recourse to the National Judicial Council (NJC).The…

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Justice Ineikade Eradiri of the Bayelsa State High Court 7 sitting in Yenagoa has voluntarily withdrawn from the ongoing rape trial of Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, former Security Adviser to former Governor of the state, Chief Timipre Sylva.…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