The National Judicial Council, NJC, has said no date was fixed for the swearing-in of the newly appointed eleven Justices of the Supreme Court. Barrister Soji Oye, NJC’s Director of Information in a statement said neither the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who is the NJC Chairman, nor the Council itself authored or endorsed the purported date which did not emanate from it. The statement followed purported news by an Abuja-based media...

The recent court pronouncements, especially on election-related cases have placed the judiciary on trial. Justice John Tsoho, the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court made the assertion in Abuja during a special session of the court to mark its new legal year and to commemorate its Golden Jubilee Anniversary. “Within the last legal year, a total of 15, 025 cases were filed, while the total number of cases disposed of was 12, 870. When...

A budding journalist based in Anambra, Izunna Okafor is presently receiving treatment in the hospital following injuries inflicted on him by men of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Awka. Over 10 officers, who reportedly descended on the journalist reportedly, accused the media of being the problem of Nigeria. Okafor, formally with the now defunct National Light Newspapers and presently affiliated with several online platforms was coming back from Nnewi Saturday night ,...

Judgment in a suit challenging the forceful relocation of patent medicine dealers to a coordinated wholesale center in the Kanawa Economic City located at Dan Gwauro on the outskirts of the Kano metropolis has been reserved by the Federal High Court sitting in Kano. Justice Simon A. Amobede, after hearing all pending applications of the plaintiff’s and defendant’s counsels, reserved judgment on a date to be communicated to the parties. Counsel to the plaintiffs, Abdulaziz...

Severe measures will be taken against perpetrators of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria as a move to curtail the growing rate of violence against women and girls. Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye stated this at a news conference in Abuja to kick-start this year’s 16 days of Activism with a theme “Invest to prevent violence against women and girls.’’ She said plans are underway for the establishment of mobile courts backed by...