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The Supreme Court has cleared the air on the purported inconsistency in the age record of the newly sworn in Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. On the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola was born […]

*I’m embarrassed as a lawyer; there’s no reason judiciary should lack financially — Omo-Agege *His resignation akin to vote of no confidence —Fashanu Despite his resignation, the Senate, yesterday insisted it would go ahead with the probe of  former Chief […]

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday waded into the All Progressives Congress (APC) post-primary crisis to avert further defections by its aggrieved senators. The President met with 15 of 22 aggrieved senators protesting their loss of party tickets at the shadow polls, […]

Less than 24 hours after he was sworn into office as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola’s age is raising issues. On the official website of the Supreme Court, Justice Ariwoola was born in Iseyin, Oyo […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the application for bail by the detained leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Justice Binta Nyako, in her ruling on Tuesday, said the suit was a gross […]

ABUJA–The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a fresh application the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, filed to be released on bail, pending the determination of the treasonable felony charge the […]

A new page turned in the history of Nigerian Judiciary yesterday, following the sudden resignation of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Tanko Muhammad. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, 67, the second most senior justice of the Supreme Court, stepped in as Acting […]

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has reacted to the resignation of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Tanko, saying that issues of inadequate welfare and corruption in the judiciary raised by some justices in the Supreme Court must be tackled by […]

Amid menacing swirling allegations of corruption, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad abruptly stepped down yesterday as Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN. Justice Muhammad, who was embroiled in a messy face-off with his brother justices, dropped his legal bibs, following increasing graft […]

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have sued the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and others over the controversy surrounding David Ukpo’s real age. Others mentioned in the suit are the Comptroller General (C-G), Nigeria Immigration […]