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The National Judicial Council at its 109th Meeting presided over by the Honourable, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat M. O. Kekere-Ekun, GCON, held on 25 June 2025 has recommended two Hon. Judges for appointment as Heads of Court for Ekiti and Yobe States, respectively. Kemi Babalola Ogedengbe, Deputy Director (Information), disclosed this in a statement issued on behalf of the National Judicial Council following its 109th Meeting held on June 26, 2025. The Heads of Court are: Hon. Justice Adekanye Lekan Ogunmoye, Chief Judge, Ekiti State and Hon. Kadi Abba Mammadi as Grand Kadi, Yobe State. Similarly,…

Justice G. B. Okolosi, Sa’adatu I. Mark, and Daniel Okungbowa Cautioned by NJC for Delayed Judgments, Judicial Discretion Abuse*Warns Justice Rahman A. Oshodi Over Misuse of Discretion in Lagos Suit No. ID/232/53C/23 The National Judicial Council (NJC) has taken disciplinary action against six judicial officers, including barring a judge of the National Industrial Court, Hon. Justice Isaac J. Essien, from promotion to any higher court for a period of three years due to gross misconduct. The decision, reached at the NJC’s 109th meeting held on June 25, 2025, and presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Kudirat…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has signed four groundbreaking tax reform bills into law. The bills, which he said will transform Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework, were signed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday afternoon. The four bills are the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill, which were recently passed by the National Assembly. Among those present at the signing ceremony were Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas; Senate Majority Leader, House Majority Leader, chairman of the Senate Committee…

Tributes have been paid to the “legendary” defence barrister Courtenay Griffiths KC, one of the first Black lawyers to achieve the prestigious queen’s counsel status in the UK, who has died at the age of 69. Griffiths, who was born in Jamaica, was involved in some of the most notable criminal cases of his time, including the PC Keith Blakelock and Damilola Taylor murder trials and the Brighton bombing. Inspired by the legal career of Norman Manley, the QC who went on to become Jamaican premier, Griffiths was called to the bar in 1980. In 1998 Griffiths, a graduate of…

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, has identified hunger and poverty as serious social challenges that are largely responsible for the continuous national security threats being experienced in the country. General Musa stated this in Abuja on Monday at the 14th National Security Seminar organised by the Alumni Association of the National Defence College. The Chief of Defence Staff, who was represented by the Chief of Defence Training at the Defence Headquarters, Rear Admiral Ibrahim Shetimma, called for a unified national approach to combating hunger and poverty in addition to timely reporting of suspicious movements. “Insecurity is no…

A man who abused his position working in the Home Office by granting asylum applications in return for thousands of pounds has been jailed. Imran Mulla, 39, from Blackburn, Lancashire, worked in the asylum team and manipulated the system to overturn a refused asylum claim, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. He was jailed at Preston Crown Court for four and a half years after admitting immigration offences and bribery. Another man, Nural Amin Begh, 23, who pleaded guilty to paying Mulla to grant his asylum application has also been jailed for 18 months. Mulla, of Moorfield Avenue, was an…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has commended the Constitutional Court of South Africa for fearless adjudication, judicial independence, andunwavering fidelity to constitutional values. Speaking in Johannesburg, South Africa on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the South African Constitutional Court, Honourable Justice Kekere-Ekun said the South African court has been a source of inspiration across the continent and beyond. Honourable Justice Kekere-Ekun recognized the role played by the court in strengthening democracy in post apartheid South Africa. According to her, three decades ago, the Court emerged as a beacon of justice and constitutional renewal in…

By Layi Babatunde, SAN Baba, as we fondly called Hon. Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais, lived a fulfilled life. He was a consummate and humble jurist, deeply learned, humane, fair, and firm. He bore the honor of being the longest-serving justice of the Supreme court and became Chief Justice of Nigeria. He was dignity and humility personified. His judicial career was free of personal aggrandizement. He demonstrated that there is more to the office of a judge than the adornment of judicial robes. He cared for others deeply and led the judiciary with the fear of God, leading from the front…

Liberal Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticized her colleagues Friday in a scathing dissent in a case involving vehicle emissions regulations. In her dissenting opinion, she argued that the court’s opinion gives the impression it favors “moneyed interests” in the way it decides which cases to hear and how it rules in them. The court had ruled 7-2 in favor of fuel producers seeking to challenge the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of California clean vehicle emissions regulations. She also said she was concerned that the ruling could have “a reputational cost for this court, which is already viewed by…

The Court of Appeal in Lagos has nullified the 2014 judgment of a Federal High Court that allowed Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) to take possession of a sprawling N30 billion, 44-room mansion in Ikoyi, Lagos, belonging to Alhaji Agboola Abiola, son of the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola. In a unanimous decision, Justices Paul Bassi, Polycarp Kwahar, and Abdulaziz Anka declared the foreclosure invalid, citing serious irregularities in the legal mortgage upon which GTBank had based its claim to the property. Delivering the lead judgment, Justice Bassi ruled that the Federal High Court erred by failing to address credible allegations…