Two senior lawyers on Tuesday disagreed over the powers of State Chief Judges to order the release of prisoners from detention. While a Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, insisted that the laws of the land empowers the CJ to release unlawfully detained criminals, Mr.
The Chief Judge of the federal high court, Justice Ibrahim Auta on Tuesday charged judges of the court to be courageous in carrying out their judicial functions despite attacks from some quarters. Justice Auta said the moment the independence of the judiciary is taken away, then the fabric of the society is destroyed. The CJ […]