Category: Justice

I will appeal – Nwaoboshi The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Friday July 1, 2022, convicted and sentenced Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, senator representing Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, to seven years imprisonment. He is the chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. […]

Retired CJN entitled to gratuity that is 300% of N3.36m annual basic – Investigation The immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Muhammad, is expected to get a N2.5bn severance package from the Federal Government. Muhammad’s resignation on health grounds was announced on Monday, less than a week after the 14 Supreme Court Justices accused […]

The Senate has said the resignation of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, will not stop its probe of corruption allegations leveled against him by the Justices of the Supreme Court. The resolution of the Senate followed a motion by the Chairman of its Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal […]

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application filed by Nnamdi Kanu of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for bail and the revocation of the arrest warrant issued against him when he ceased to attend court. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Binta Nyako described the application, filed by Kanu’s lawyers, led […]

• Buhari swears in Ariwoola as Ag. CJN, confers GCON on Muhammad • Warns judiciary against losing the confidence of Nigerians • I will not fail Nigerians, Ariwoola assures • Access to Justice hails CJN’s resignation • NBA links CJN’s resignation to rumbling in Supreme Court • Resignation not enough, EFCC should arrest him –HURIWA […]

Shortly before he resigned reportedly on health ground as the highest officer of state in the nation manning the Temple of Justice as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad had responded to the leaked protest letter by his colleagues on the Supreme Court bench in a statement on Tuesday. In the […]

Justice Olukayode Ariwoola taking oath of office as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)… Photo: Channels Television President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday swore in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Ariwoola of the Supreme Court on Monday took the oath of office as the acting CJN. Buhari administered the oath […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola on Monday as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) following the sudden resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad. The news of Justice Muhammad’s resignation, as CJN, broke on Monday morning with sources claiming the former CJN resigned for health reasons. However, credible sources in the […]

After some hours of denial and confusion, Ahuraka Yusuf Isah, Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, on Monday confirmed to The Punch the resignation of the CJN. He said, “The latest information is that the CJN has resigned; I spoke with somebody very close to […]