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Goodluck Jonathan (2010-present), Headlines, Judiciary, Latest Politics, Presidency
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, CJN The Presidential Election Tribunal will hold its inaugural sitting in Abuja next Tuesday, THISDAY has learnt. A senior counsel, who is one of the lawyers engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), said the inaugural sitting should have taken place Wednesday. The shift in the commencement of the tribunal’s sitting […]
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Edo, Judiciary, Latest Politics, State News
Monday, May 9th, 2011
FORMER Edo State Governor, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, yesterday denied paying N10 billion to a judge in order to thwart his ongoing trial. The allegation was reportedly made by a senior Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) official. Meanwhile, a Federal High Court in Benin City will on May 31 rule on the preliminary objection […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, had a close shave with death last Saturday night when a tree fell on his house as he and his wife were about retiring into their bedroom for the night. But his wife, Victoria Mimi Katsina-Alu, was not as lucky as the tree fell on her, killing […]
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Edo, General Politics, Governors, Judiciary, National Politics, State News
Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs Farida Waziri, has ordered an immediate investigation into allegations that a judge of the federal high court has been paid a whopping N10 billion to thwart the course of justice in the ongoing trial of former governor of Edo State, Lucky Igbinendion. The EFCC boss […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday sent names of three Justices of the Court of Appeal to the Senate for screening and confirmation as Justices of the Supreme Court. Their appointments followed the retirement of Justices of the apex court, Justices G. A. Oguntade, J. O. Ogebe, Niki Tobi and I. F. Ogbuagu. In a letter addressed […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
FACING his interrogators for close to six hours on Monday, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu finally opened up on the crisis of confidence between him and the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, over the Sokoto State governorship appeal, revealing that Salami confessed to him that the […]
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Judiciary, Legislature, National Politics, Raw Politics, Senate
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Justice handling the probe of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, and the President of the Appeal Court, Justice Ayo Salami, has said that it will decide on Tuesday (tomorrow) whether to summon both the CJN and PAC or not. The Committee said it might also summon […]
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Headlines, Judiciary
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
JUDICIARY, the third arm of government which has enjoyed relative stability over the years and earned the confidence of the citizenry is beginning to fall apart as heads of the appellate court and the apex court have now dragged themselves before the lower court for adjudication over the issue of elevation to a higher bench. […]
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Judiciary, Latest Politics
Sunday, January 30th, 2011
Two-third of judges in Nigeria would end up in hell fire while only one third of them would enjoy eternity in Paradise, a High Court justice, Justice Siyan Abimbola said in Ibadan during the weekend at a symposium. The symposium titled Election Petition and Electoral offences in Nigeria: can the judicial lessons of the past […]
