Tag: judges
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Court fixes date for judgment in suit challenging appointment of judges
The Federal High Court Abuja has fixed October 15 to deliver judgment in a suit challenging the procedure adopted by President Muhammadu Buhari in the appointment of judges of the High Court of Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date on Wednesday after parties adopted their brief of argument and adumbrated on…
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Photo: Wike gives 41 Range Rover SUVs to Rivers judges
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has given 41 Range Rover Discovery Sports Utility Vehicles to judges serving in Rivers State High Court and Customary Courts. Other beneficiaries are judges of Rivers State origin serving the nation in the Federal Judicial Service. Wike said that his government gave judges and magistrates vehicles two years…
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Group cautions NJC over Judges seniority row in Enugu
An international human rights advocacy group under the aegis of the Igbo Oriental Think-tank has called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to take a second closer look at its position on the issue of seniority and ranking of judges in Enugu state, based on extant High Court Rules of the state. The group in…
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Military plane crashes, judges, soldiers, others on board all dead
A Russian Antonov military plane carrying Sudanese judges and injured people crashed on Thursday in the Darfur region of Sudan, with all those on board killed, according to the Sudanese Red Crescent. The plane was travelling from the city of El Geneina – located in the west of Sudan, near the border with Chad –…
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NJC recommends appointment of 33 judges
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the appointment of 33 judicial officers including Chief Judges for six states. NJC’s spokesman, Soji Oye made this public in a statement in Abuja on Thursday. Oye said the appointments will affect Anambra, Kebbi, Cross River, Zamfara, Ogun, Osun, Rivers, Imo, Sokoto, Ekiti and Niger states. Those recommended…
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Between Presidential poll and the Judges’ gavels, By Carl Umegboro
The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal for 2019 polls concluded its onerous tasks on Wednesday 13 September 2019 which ended in favour of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari and Prof Yemi Osinbajo that polled 15,191,847 votes; the highest number of votes and met all other criteria stipulated in the enabling…
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ECOWAS Court upholds sack of three Supreme Court justices
The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has upheld the sack of three Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana. The Justices – Paul Uuter Dery, Mustapha Habib Logoh and Gilbert Ayisi Addo – were among over 30 judges secretly filmed while allegedly accepting bribes in an undercover investigation carried…
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‘Don’t betray your oath,’ Acting CJN urges judges on election tribunals
The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has urged judges nominated to serve in election tribunals to remain loyal to the judicial oath to which the subscribed upon their inauguration. Muhammad, who reminded the judges that their choice as members of the tribunals impose on them the duty to rise above…
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NJC recommends appointment of 21 state judges (FULL LIST)
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended 21 judges for appointment as chief judges and judicial officers in various states. They include judges of the conventional courts and Sharia courts. The announcement was made Friday in a statement by the NJC spokesperson, Soji Oye. The appointments are subject to co-formation of the president or governors…
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Ghanaian President Akufo-addo suspends four judges
Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo has suspended four High Court judges with immediate effect. The four were part of the 12 High Court judges captured by an investigative journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas, in audio and video recordings in 2015, which allegedly showed them collecting bribes from litigants to pervert the course of justice. All the indicted…