The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) has asked President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Nigeria’s correctional centres and courts, citing “systemic decay” and “human rights violations” across the justice sector. Speaking at the access to justice parley 2025 in Abuja on Thursday, Lucy Abagi, chief executive officer (CEO) of the […]
The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of thirty-six (36) internet fraudsters to various jail terms before Justices Uche Agomoh and E.U. Akpan of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State; Ladiran Akintola, K.B. Olawoyin, Bayo Taiwo and O.S. Adeyemi of the Oyo State […]
The Federal Government will soon resuscitate Special Terrorism Prosecution Courts, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has said. Malami made this known in a statement by Dr Umar Gwandu his Special Assistant on Media and Public Relations on Thursday in Abuja. The move, Malami said is geared towards the Federal Government’s commitment to end insecurity […]
Special courts should be created to deal promptly with banditry, kidnapping and unlawful carrying of weapons in the country. This formed part of the solutions to the nation’s security challenges recommended by former President Olusegun Obasanjo and famous Islamic scholar, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi. Both men met on Sunday at the residence of the former President […]
Kano State Chief Judge, Justice Nura Sagir, has directed magistrate courts to reopen for normal activities on July 6. Public Relations Officer of the state’s judiciary, Mr. Baba Ibrahim, made the disclosure in a statement on Sunday in Kano. Sagir said that the directive followed the easing of the COVID-19 lockdown by the state government. […]
Ebonyi state Governor, David Umahi has ordered the immediate closure of all the courts in the state. The governor gave the directive on Friday in a broadcast to residents. He also ordered all judiciary staff in the state to immediately proceed for COVID-19 testing. He further announced that the state had recorded its first COVID-19 […]
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has extended the lockdown of all courts till further notice. A statement signed and issued by the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, recalled that he had in a circular No NJC/HOC/11/631 dated March 23, 2020 directed all Heads of Courts to suspend Court […]
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has clarified that Courts are expected to attend to the matters that are urgent, essential or time bound even during the lockdown. Malami said speedy dispensation of justice is a cardinal principle of Justice Sector Reform of the present administration, hence urged that […]
Washington – A U.S. federal appeal court ruled on Wednesday that Deutsche Bank and Capital One must comply with House subpoena, which has demanded U.S. President Donald Trump’s financial records. The Second Circuit Court of Appeal in New York, in a two-to-one ruling, was in favour of ordering prompt compliance with the subpoena from the […]
The Federal Government has called on States to set up family courts to try child offenders, prosecuting them in accordance with the child Rights Act of Nigeria. The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Jummai Allhassan made this disclosure on Friday in Abuja in a press briefing and inauguration of the 6th […]
Almost threescore years after independence, the Nigerian justice system remains bedevilled by the congestion of cases in court and chronic delays in the determination of cases. The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Hon. Justice M. L. Abimbola recently disclosed that it takes between five to ten years to conclude a trial at the High Courts […]
The growing attacks on courts across the country by armed supporters of politicians has once again heightened fears that brigandage is gradually being extended to the judiciary. Just on Monday, no fewer than 15 lawyers, among them a pregnant woman and two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SAN), escaped death in a stampede triggered by armed […]