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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu today swore-in 14 new High Court Judges in Lagos bringing judges in the state to 70

A Federal High Court sitting in Warri, presided over by Justice Okon Abang has warned lawyers making noise within court premises that disrupted proceedings during the week.

The National Judicial Council,  NJC has recommended 64 judicial officers to their governors for appointment as judges, Kadis and Grand Kadis

Justice Soladoye of a Special Offences Court in Ikeja has frowned at the  absence of prosecution witnesses as well as cold attitude of state prosecution counsels in state matters, which always slow down the administration of Criminal justice

One of the issues that came up strongly during last week’s peer review meeting of judicial officers in Abuja is the need for special courts for corruption cases in Nigeria.

The Lagos State Judiciary on Wednesday held a honorary Valedictory Court Session for the ninth Chief Judge of the State, late  Justice Samuel Ilori at the premises of the Ikeja High Court

Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) held their judicial retreat at the Court’s headquarters in The Hague on 19 and 20 November 2021. Due to the ongoing situation caused by COVID-19, the retreat was held using an online platform

Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Tuesday berated the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) and the Nigerian Police Force over the handling of the case of Afeez Balogun, a driver accused of defilement

A judge on the roster of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) has retired

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Tanko has been reminded that judges are decisionally independent of one another and therefore not accountable to their Chief Justices for decisions they make and therefore no need for the CJN to summon Chief Justices of states for decisions rendered by individual judges.