CJ’s Appointment: NJC Throws Osun Judiciary Into Confusion
National Judicial Council (NJC) may have thrown Osun State Judiciary into confusion following its decision to step down the consideration of the state’s nominees for appointment as the substantive chief judge (CJ) for the state.The state Judicial Service Commission had forwarded three nominees to the NJC for consideration, following the pending retirement of the outgoing CJ of the state, Justice Olaniyi Ojo. The three nominees are Justices Bola Ojo, Gloria Olagoke and Joseph Oyewole. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 19 October 2012
NJC Rejects Lagos Judge as Osun CJ •Asks Aregbesola to Follow Seniority List
By Lanre Adewole
STRONG indications emerged on Wednesday in Abuja that the National Judicial Council (NJC) shot down the nomination of Justice Olubunmi Oyewole of the Lagos State Judiciary as the next Chief Judge of Osun State.Oyewole, a native of Ila-Orangun, in Osun State, reportedly topped the list of three sent to the council by the appointing authority, Osun State governor, Mr Rauf Aregbesola.The council, which is the recommending authority, at its meeting on Wednesday, reportedly refused to consider the list which had Oyewole as the favoured of the appointing authority, having been placed above the other two most senior judges in the state. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 18 October 2012
Nigeria: Ihenacho - The Limit of 'Nepotism'
By Emmanuel Onwubiko
Nigerians are daily inundated with media drama going by the security operatives of a variety of high profile arrests of suspects allegedly involved in a number of offences ranging from terrorism which is a present and potentially distabilizing danger to the existence of Nigeria to other serious cases such as crude oil theft and diversion and/or theft of subsidy fund by members of the seemingly untouchable crude oil cabals that are closely linked with high profile government officials at the federal level.The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) are also known to have announced and celebrated in the local media, several high profile arrests of alleged kidnapping kingpins, but none of these alleged kidnappers has been convicted for this serious crime against humanity. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 26 September 2012
Judge’s Transfer Stalls Bankole’s Trial
The trial of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, for alleged fraud was Monday stalled because the trial judge, Justice Donatus Okorowo, was transferred to the Taraba Division of the Federal High Court.Bankole was arraigned in June 2011 on a 16-count charge of contract inflation and embezzlement of public funds.
At the last hearing, Justice Okorowo had adjourned the trial until September 24, 25, 26 and 27.Reacting to the judge’s transfer, the prosecutor, Mr Festus Keyamo, said he was waiting to hear from the chief judge of the court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, to know if Justice Okorowo would be coming from Taraba to preside over the trial or if the case would be assigned to another judge. Full story...Source:http://www.thisdaylive.com
Posted by Amaka, 25 September 2012
AGF Warns Politicians Over Re Openeing Onshore/Offshore Account Debate
Mr. Adoke who was addressing a valedictory court session of the Supreme Court retiring Justice Francis Tabai, warned politicians against overheating the polity as the federal government is working towards containing the challenges facing the nation.He also reaffirmed the commitment of the government to partner with the judiciary in enthroning a just and peaceful society.He said a Supreme Court judgment in 2005, in the suit of A. G. Adamawa and 21 others v. A. G. Federation and eight others, was a “judicial determination” of the onshore-offshore dichotomy. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 14 September 2012
Nigeria: Corruption - CJN Blames AGF for Delay in Prosecution of High Profile Cases
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Abuja — The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, Wednesday, blamed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, SAN, for unwittingly contributing to undue delay in the prosecution of high profile cases of corruption in the country.The CJN who stated this on a day she administered oath on 25 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria, insisted that "the courts cannot on their own prosecute criminal cases," noting that "on the streets of Nigeria and beyond, the cry for justice lingers."
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Posted by Amaka, 14 September 2012
Judiciary Won’t Fail Nigeria, Says CJN
By Lemmi Uchegbe
THE Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mariam Aloma Mukhtar, has promised that the Judiciary under her stewardship would not let the nation down or shirk in its responsibility of dispensing justice to all citizens irrespective of their status.At a special court session to mark the beginning of the 2012/2013 legal year which kicked off with the swearing-in of 25 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) in Abuja yesterday, Mukhtar said she and other judicial officers were conscious of the challenges of restoring public confidence in the Judiciary and expressed their determination to overcome them. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 13 September 2012
Stop Treating Judiciary as Appendage - CJN Tells govs •Corrupt SANs Must Lose Title - NBA
By Lanre Adewole
THE Supreme Court, in Abuja, on Wednesday, began a new legal year, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar, condemning some state governors for treating the judiciary as an appendage, even as 25 legal practitioners were decorated as Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs).In Mukhtar’s speech at the special session marking the beginning of the legal year and swearing-in of the new silk, she regretted that funding arrangements at the state level had left the judges and their welfare at the mercy of the politicians. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 13 September 2012
Akanbi Insists on Salami’s Reinstatement
By Adekunle Jimoh
THE pioneer chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Justice Mustapha Akanbi, yesterday insisted on the reinstatement of Justice Isa Ayo Salami, the suspended President of the Court of Appeal.He said his insistence had pitched him against the government.Justice Akanbi spoke with reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 7 September 2012
Respect Between the Bar, the Bench Should be Reciprocal
BY BERTRAM NWANNEKANMA
EFFORTS at reforming Nigeria’s judiciary, many stakeholders in the legal community believe may be a waste of time, if there is no cordial relationship between the Bar and Bench. The administration of justice in Nigeria, after all stands on a tripod, made up of the Bar, the Bench and the Public.The Bar and the Bench as the conveyor belt of justice, must, therefore, maintain a cordial relationship, especially when the code of the profession enjoins them to maintain the dignity, appropriated to the judicial office.
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Posted by Amaka, 4 September 2012Nigeria: Corrupt, Non-Performing Judges Will Be Disgraced - NBA
BY IKECHUKWU NNOCHIRI
Abuja — The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has expressed its readiness to publicly disgrace any judge found to have compromised standard in the dispensation of justice.This was even as the legal body has accused the National Judicial Council, NJC, of paying lip-service to the fight against corruption in the judiciary, noting that the council, "in that regard is part of the problem."Consequently, NBA while imploring the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Aloma Muktar to quickly address the issue of institutional decay in the judiciary, said it has also resolved that from now on, Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 4 September 2012
Salami: ACN’s call for NASS intervention, rape of constitution —Ex-PDP scribe
by Dapo Falade
THE call by the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) seeking for the intervention of the National Assembly (NASS) in the issue involving the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, has been described as tantamount to contempt of court and a rape of the Nigerian Constitution.A former secretary of the Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Gboyega Akinola, who made this known, said the judiciary must be given a free hand to handle all criminal and civil cases within its jurisdiction without bias.Full story...
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Posted by Amaka, 27 August 2012
Mukthar: Nigeria’s First Female CJN
...AS CJN, she has assumed office at a time when judicial reform has become a major challenge in the country. Two issues call for urgent attention regarding the judiciary. Full story....
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Posted by Ufuoma, 01 August 2012
By Sulaimon Olanrewaju
THE inauguration of Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar yesterday by President Goodluck Jonathan as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is a continuation of her trail blazing trend both at the bar and on the bench. Called to the Nigerian Bar on June 26, 1967, after being called to the English Bar earlier in November, 1966, she became the first female lawyer from the northern part of the country. She is also the first female judge to be elevated to the Court of Appeal when she joined the appellate court in 1987. On May 10, 2005, she became the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.Full story
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Posted by Ufuoma, 17 July 2012
Posted by Ufuoma, 01 August 2012
Aloma Mariam Mukhtar:A Tradition of Firsts
By Sulaimon Olanrewaju
THE inauguration of Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar yesterday by President Goodluck Jonathan as the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) is a continuation of her trail blazing trend both at the bar and on the bench. Called to the Nigerian Bar on June 26, 1967, after being called to the English Bar earlier in November, 1966, she became the first female lawyer from the northern part of the country. She is also the first female judge to be elevated to the Court of Appeal when she joined the appellate court in 1987. On May 10, 2005, she became the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.Full story
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Posted by Ufuoma, 17 July 2012