Arrested judges: Lawyer slams N50bn suit on Buhari, DSS, AGF, others — 17th October 2016 From GODWIN TSA, Abuja A Lagos-based activist and legal practitioner, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje has filed a N50 billion suit against President Muhammadu Buhari, the Department of State Services (DSS) and its Director-General, Lawal Daura over alleged violation of the rights […]
The Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Coalition has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to allow the anti-graft agencies to further investigate the Nigerian judiciary following the discovery of corruption in the system. The group specifically mentioned that judges found to be corrupt by the State Security Service (SSS/DSS) should face prosecution after proper investigation. The coalition […]
haraReporters has obtained a full list of all the Nigerian judges facing a nationwide clampdown by the Department of State Security (DSS). The list, which includes two of the Supreme Court Justices who have already been arrested, includes three Justices of the Court of Appeal, seven Federal High Court justices and four state High Court […]
Department of State Services has released the seven judges that were arrested and detained on Friday and Saturday in five states and the Federal Capital Territory. It was gathered that the judges were released on self-recognition. Our correspondent learnt that the judges were released on Sunday night, but were asked to return to the headquarters […]
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), on Sunday criticised the Nigerian Bar Association for shielding corrupt judges despite having information about their activities. He described the failure of NBA to deal with corrupt officials in the judiciary as an embarrassment to the “incorruptible members of the bar”, adding that it was […]
Why I stopped judge’s arrest –Wike — 9th October 2016 From: TONY JOHN, Port Harcourt Security was beefed up around the residential area of the Federal High Court judge, where there was a failed attempt to arrest a judge yesterday, by security operatives in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. This is even as the state governor, Nyesom Wike, has alleged […]
We are not in 1984 The Federal Government should know that this is not 1984. By 1984, I refer to that year and the dystopian novel written by George Orwell on dictatorship. Nigeria is a country ruled by law and even for the worst of crimes, we must follow the process of law. If we […]
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Two Justices of the Supreme Court – Justices Sylvester Ngwuta and John Okoro – were arrested at their official residences in Abuja by men of the Department of State Service early hours of Saturday. The two men were said to be currently in the DSS custody in Abuja. Media aide to the […]
Judge handling Saraki, Ekweremadu dies — 9th June 2016 Justice Evoh Chukwu, a judge of the federal high court, Abuja, has dead. Justice Chukwu was the judge presiding over the alleged forgery case against Senate President Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, deputy senate president, before his death. According to a statement issued by Emmanuel Gako, the court’s chief […]
Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The National Judicial Council said on Friday that it had compulsorily retired a judge of the Cross River State High Court, Justice B.T. Ebuta. The NJC’s Acting Director (Information), Mr. Soji Oye, said in a statement that the sanction was imposed on Ebuta partly because he made an order based on ex-parte application […]
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