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Judiciary
January 24, 2017

Bad behaviour must be punished – Osinbajo

Acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said there must be a system in place to punish bad behaviour in the country. Osinbajo stated this while speaking at the monthly meeting of the Presidential Enabling Business Council (PEBEC) at the State House, Abuja. In a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu... Read More
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January 18, 2017

SERAP urges Buhari to ensure payment of judges salaries

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him “to use your good offices and leadership to urgently instruct all appropriate authorities to release budgetary allocations for the immediate payment of outstanding salaries and allowances of judges and judicial workers across the country.” In the letter... Read More
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December 19, 2016

Appointing more judges not the solution to delayed cases – Acting CJN

The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, says the appointment of more judges would not solve the number of delayed cases facing the judiciary. Onnoghen, who spoke Monday in Lagos while inaugurating the newly refurbished building of the Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal on Lagos Island said the Supreme Court those not need 21... Read More
The News Blog
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December 10, 2016

PDP crisis: Makarfi faction accuses Sheriff faction of blackmailing judiciary

The crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got messier on Saturday as the Ahmed Makarfi faction accused the Ali Modu Sherriff faction of blackmailing the judiciary. In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the Makarfi faction said the Sheriff faction claims to have the judgement of the Port Harcourt Division... Read More
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December 9, 2016

LONG READ: Why there is no such thing as the anti-establishment

In one of the most bizarre events of the 21st century, billionaire businessman Donald Trump, with no record of public service whatsoever defeated the Democratic Party candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton, an accomplished politician who has served as Secretary of State and Senator representing the state of New York at different times. Hillary Clinton was heavily... Read More
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December 4, 2016

Fayose hails judiciary for judgment ordering Zakzaky’s release

Governor of Ekiti Ayodele Fayose has hailed the Federal High Court, Abuja judgment, ordering the release of the leader of the Shi’ite Muslim sect, Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife, Thisday reports. In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communications, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, “I congratulate Justice Gabriel Kolawole and the entire judiciary... Read More
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December 3, 2016

Peregrino Brimah: Probe Justice Kolawole’s integrity for callous ruling to further punish Zakzaky and his wife

by Peregrino Brimah Nigeria’s High Court judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole Friday ruled the delayed release of Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat. The Judge awarded N50 million in his ruling and said, “I have given the 45 days as a reprieve for the Inspector-General of Police, Attorney-General of the Federation in conjunction with the DSS to... Read More
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November 27, 2016

Olusegun Adeniyi: Ondo, PDP and judicial shame

by Olusegun Adeniyi One and a half years after he left office as Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sullivan Chime is still in court over the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket with which he won the 2011 gubernatorial election. The case is currently before the Supreme Court where his opponent, Chief Alexander Chukwuemeka Obiechina is challenging... Read More
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November 23, 2016

Arrest of judges necessary to cleanse the judiciary – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the raid on homes of ‘corrupt’ judges by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS) was necessary to cleanse the judiciary. Obasanjo said this while delivering a speech at the First Akintola Williams annual lecture in Lagos on Wednesday. “Three weeks before the first three judges were arrested... Read More
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November 23, 2016

Opinion: Lagos lynchings, jungle justice and the Law

by Festus Ogun Nigeria is a country blessed with virtually ‘everything’ needed for the upkeep of a fine and sane society – both human and natural resources. Equally, Nigeria is blessed with good laws too. We have multifarious of statutes which cater for needs in human endeavors. But, even with all the laws that are... Read More
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November 18, 2016

Opinion: Dear President Buhari, the Nigerian Police is a monster; confront it

by Akintoye Abdulraheem Police work is noble work. I begin with this important concession. Those who risk their lives to protect our lives and property, and who ensure the preservation of law and order deserve our respect. But even as one grants this important concession, one is constrained to quickly add that the noble institution has... Read More
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November 16, 2016

Pius Adesanmi: Nigeria is the only place on earth with a mnemonic statute of limitation on murder

by Pius Adesanmi So the accused killers of Mrs Bridget Agbanime were declared innocent and freed and it hardly made national news? In fact, someone only just emailed me about it. How many “national priorities” have we had since this latest addition to Nigeria’s mountain of moving on without justice for the dead and their... Read More
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November 2, 2016

The Thread: More talk about the intimidation of the judiciary

So the Department of State Security Service few weeks ago stormed the houses of some judges and arrested them in the dead of the night. Afterwards, allegations of corruption of the arrested judges began to fly. At least, one judge responded to the allegation, and managed to somehow indict himself. Nigerian political Twitter was divided over... Read More
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November 2, 2016

The Thread: This is what happens when the rule of law is disregarded

The arrest of judges by the Department of State Security Service brought with it a barrage of controversy: there was a shower of opinions as to the legality or otherwise of the raid. Some members of the bar upheld the actions of the DSS as being in conformity with current jurisprudence, while some opposed it as being dictatorial and... Read More
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October 30, 2016

Chidi Anselm Odinkalu: History Lessons on Doing the Right Thing the Wrong Way

by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu Since the co-ordinated and forceful encounters between the State Security Services (SSS) and the judiciary on October 9, many have dusted up legal tomes, interpreting the National Security Agencies Act with characteristically Nigerian gusto and parsing words from answer to question. Typically for this season of digital information, there is a great... Read More
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October 26, 2016

The Thread: This is why the rule of law matters – even if you are fighting extraordinary corruption

After Madam Obiageli Ezekwesili, co-founder of Transparency International tweeted the words below, @i_am_Anomeli responded with a personal story to underscore the fact that the rule of law is important in any democracy. See below: One can regard DSS operation as an EXTRAORDINARY INTERVENTION to WAKE UP a willfully LETHARGIC Bench &Bar to COMPULSORILY TACKLE CORRUPTION. —... Read More
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October 24, 2016

Opinion: Inordinate ambition of Nigerian politicians to capture power

by Jide Ojo Periodic and credible election is one of the pillars of democracy. Others are independent judiciary, free press, vibrant civil society, strong political parties, etc. Nigeria’s electoral democracy dates back to 1922 when Clifford Constitution came into existence. Many political observers have opined that Nigeria is yet to experience flawless election as each... Read More
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October 19, 2016

RE: Justice Inyang Okoro’s letter| His Lordship has shot himself in the foot

by Ugochukwu Nnamdi Ukamba So politicians walked into His Lordship’s home, offered him a bribe to secure his assistance to influence a decision that might be assigned to him and His Lordship’s best response was ‘it doesn’t lie within my power to grant your request’. The law resides in His Lordship’s bosom and His Lordship... Read More
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October 18, 2016

Corrupt judges committing crime against humanity – Sagay

The Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), on Monday, said corruption offences committed by members of the judiciary should be termed as a crime against humanity. Sagay who defended the recent arrest of some judges by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) said, an ordinary man could be guilty... Read More
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October 17, 2016

Opinion: Avoiding a mob mentality in Nigeria’s fight against corruption

by Jide Ojo Last weekend, precisely on October 7 and 8, 2016, the unprecedented happened in the history of Nigerian judiciary. Homes of seven Judges were invaded by the operatives of the Department of State Security Services better known as DSS. The exercise which was carried out at night in a Gestapo like fashion led... Read More
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October 11, 2016

Inibehe Effiong: Crackdown on judges – Let’s separate the law from sentiments

by Inibehe Effiong The State Security Service (SSS) embarked on an unprecedented “crackdown” on allegedly corrupt judicial officers across the country over the weekend. Among the judicial officers whose houses were searched and thereafter arrested and detained are two Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria: Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and Inyang Okoro. As expected, the... Read More
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October 10, 2016

[The Presidential Blog]: They finally respond to the judiciary scandal and as expected, it was rushed and unacceptable

Remember the sting operation that got everyone riled up over the weekend? And rightly so too. Yes, the breaking and entering, the reckless abandon of due process that led ended up in a very polarised conversation all over the media space in Nigeria. We’ve wondered when the Presidency, the office directly in charge of the... Read More
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October 9, 2016

[The Presidential Blog]: Before we make judiciary situation just about Governor Wike

Governor Wike is in the News, trending on Twitter, being talked about, praised and in some quarters, vilified. Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike got tipped off about a sting operation happening in his jurisdiction and took the ‘brave man’ route to Number 35, Forces Avenue area of Port harcourt where Justice Mohammed Liman of... Read More
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October 8, 2016

SPECIAL EDITORIAL: President Buhari, on DSS arrests, you are wrong. You are desperately wrong

Anyone reading the news today would be forgiven for thinking Nigeria is back in the 1980s and 1990s. In some ways, we are already there, what with a recession caused in part by low oil prices, but even more so by wasteful and corrupt governments. Just like the economy, the judiciary has also come under... Read More
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