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News Nigeria Justice: A “technically” incompetent Chief Justice of Nigeria

Published on: Friday 19 July 2019
A “technically” incompetent Chief Justice of Nigeria
News source: https://tribuneonlineng.com/227805/

A trending video clip of the senate confirmation hearing of Chief Justice of Nigeria Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad where he betrayed mortifying ignorance of the meaning of the term “technicality ...

News Nigeria Justice: Nigeria: Senate to Confirm Justice Tanko As CJN Behind Closed Doors

Published on: Tuesday 16 July 2019
Nigeria: Senate to Confirm Justice Tanko As CJN Behind Closed Doors
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201907170519.html

The Senate has gone into an executive session to confirm Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The confirmation was included in the Order Paper of the day. It was ...

News Nigeria Justice: Ministry of Justice recovers $779.5m, N59.2bn stolen from Nigeria

Published on: Tuesday 28 May 2019
Ministry of Justice recovers $779.5m, N59.2bn stolen from Nigeria
News source: https://www.pulse.ng/news/local/ministry-of-justice-recovers-dollar7795m-n592bn-stolen-from-nigeria/27gc84r

The minister also said that inline with relevant provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, the ministry had reached an advanced stage in efforts to ensure the forfeiture of cash and property worth billions to the Federal Government.

News Nigeria Justice: Visit to Nigeria: Report of Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (A/HRC/41/46/Add.1)

Published on: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Visit to Nigeria: Report of Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children (A/HRC/41/46/Add.1)
News source: https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/visit-nigeria-report-special-rapporteur-trafficking-persons-especially-women-and

During her visit to Nigeria from 3 to 10 September 2018 ... the Federal Ministry of Justice, the Federal Ministry of Labour, the Ministry of the Interior, the National Emergency Management ...

News Nigeria Justice: Igbo presidency 2023: Nigeria’s date with justice and unity

Published on: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Igbo presidency 2023: Nigeria’s date with justice and unity
News source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/igbo-presidency-2023-nigerias-date-with-justice-and-unity/

THE Nigerian conundrum will find a defining moment on May 29, 2023, the date an elected president will be sworn in to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. That president will be of Igbo descent. That ...

News Nigeria Justice: Nigeria: Malami Steps Down As Nigeria's Justice Minister

Published on: Wednesday 29 May 2019
Nigeria: Malami Steps Down As Nigeria's Justice Minister
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201905290548.html

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said funds recovered by his ministry stood at N270 billion from N19.5 billion in 2015. Mr Malami said this ...

News Nigeria Justice: Nigeria: CCT Convicts, Sacks Onnoghen As Chief Justice, NJC Chairman

Published on: Thursday 18 April 2019
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/201904190049.html

Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan — The allegation of false and non-assets declaration against Justice Walter Onnoghen, which began like a bad dream in January, came to a dramatic end yesterday at the Code ...

News Nigeria Justice: Opinion: Olatoye sugar's death: Between police and Nigeria frail criminal justice system

Published on: Monday 22 April 2019
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/opinion-olatoye-sugars-death-between-police-and-nigeria-frail-criminal-justice-system/ar-BBWd2f1

Editor's note: Since the advent of the current political dispensation in 1999, many notable Nigerians have lost their lives to needless political crisis. In this article, Legit.ng's regional reporter, ...

News Nigeria Justice: Nigeria's chief justice banned from holding public office

Published on: Thursday 18 April 2019
News source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/nigeria-chief-justice-banned-holding-public-office-190418184032315.html

Nigeria's top judge has been sacked by a tribunal that found him guilty of falsely declaring his assets. Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen was banned from office for 10 years on Thursday and ordered to ...

News Nigeria Justice: ‘Conflicting Judgement Bane of Nigeria Democracy’

Published on: Friday 26 April 2019
News source: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/04/27/conflicting-judgement-bane-of-nigeria-democracy/

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Sunny Onuesoke has condemned conflicting judgements by the judiciary arising from the recent elections warning that the problem is threatening ...