The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has said that the judiciary has a role to play in all legal forms of fight against piracy. According to Ariwoola, a secured maritime domain is criticall to economic development and advancement. The CJN stated this while declaring open the 3rd edition Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman, Board of Governors of the National Judicial Institute, Hon. Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has charged lower court judges not to be boastful and pompous on account of posting or executing their judgment. He said the society depends on justice and judicial officers who are privileged to do justice to all manner of persons and Read More
President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has denied holding any secret meeting with the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Olukayode Ariwoola, in London in order to curry the favour of the judiciary as his opponents battle to nullify his mandate. In a statement by the Director, Media and Publicity of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Mr Bayo Onanuga, Read More
A pro-All Progressives Congress (APC) group on the aiges of Progressive Foundation Forum (PFF), on Friday, called for the resignation, suspension or sack of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola, over alleged compromised judgements that recently emanated from the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The group lamented that the award of Senatorial tickets to Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Read More
There were high tension and pandemonium in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Tuesday as Police teargassed and dispersed hundreds of protesters staging protest to demand resignation of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Tajudeen Ariwoola, over his alleged partisanship comment recently made in Rivers state. The protesters who brandished several placards and banners while marching towards the Federal Ministry Read More
The national president of the Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), Barrister Ahmed Raji, on Friday disclosed that the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kayode Ariwoola, remained non-partisan in his actions and utterances. Raji in a statement in Ibadan debunked a statement reportedly credited to Justice Ariwoola where he was said to have expressed happiness that the Oyo state governor Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Honourable Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, hit the bull’s eye recently when he told politicians to leave the judiciary alone to function in Nigeria and in the same he urged the judiciary on their part to leave politics to politicians in and across the country to enable them function effectively. Justice Ariwoola said this while speaking Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN Justice Olukayode Lateef Ariwoola Friday sworn-in the new acting President of Customary Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Stanley Adekunle Lawal. At the ceremony, the CJN advised the Justice Lawal to consult God, the constitution and his conscience in the course of adjudication. Judges he restated must be wary of Read More
Some aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state, have petitioned the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of National Judicial Council (NJC), Olukayode Ariwoola, over an alleged refusal by a Federal High Court Judge in Umuahia to hear a pre-election matter. Lawyer to the aggrieved members, Nnamdi U. Nwokocha Ahaaiwe, in the petition, said Justice Read More
The South-west Council of Political Technocrats has congratulated the new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. In a congratulatory message signed by its Executive Director, Government and Public Affairs, Prince Oloke Kehinde Alexander, at their monthly meeting on Monday, urged Justice Ariwoola not to disappoint Nigerians in the new assignment given to him. Noting that the new Acting Read More
Following the resignation of Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, President Muhammadu Buhari will later on Monday swear in Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), a Judiciary source has revealed. Justice Ariwoola is the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court. Born on 22 August 1958, Justice Ariwoola was formerly a Justice of the Court of Appeal and Read More
Few days after his colleagues at the Supreme Court rose against him, accusing him of sundry infractions in office ranging from corruption to high-handedness, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned. A Judiciary source revealed that Justice Muhammad resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health as the reason for his decision. There has been ruckus at the apex court, Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Hon (Dr) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has said the Judiciary was open to initiatives aimed at improving and strengthening the capacity of judicial officers in the handling of cases on emerging crime trend in the country. The CJN particularly harped on the need for judicial officers to imbibe technology to combat emerging crimes like Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has described effective judicial system as catalyst for financial system stability. The CJN stated this Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the national workshop for judicial officers on recent reforms of banking and financial services law and practice. The workshop which was organised by the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Tuesday tasked judiciary stakeholders on the need to reposition judicial libraries to enhance information gathering and dissemination. The CJN made the plea in a keynote address delivered at the opening ceremony of the biennial national workshop for Judiciary librarians held at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja. The workshop was themed; Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman National Judicial Council (CJN), Dr. Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, will on Monday quiz six chief judges over the conflicting court orders that emanated from their states. The CJN has demanded for the records of proceedings in all the suits from which conflicting ex parte orders emanated. Those to be quizzed include Chief Judges Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Monday, cautioned Judicial officials and Court staff against actions and inactions that could taint their integrity. The CJN has therefore tasked them to exemplified leaderships, saying other staff looks up to them for guidance and emulations. Muhammad gave the caution while delivering a keynote address at the 2021 virtual national Read More
Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, has ordered the remand of a lecturer, Engr. Emmanuel Tayo Owolabi, for failure to produce the defendant he stood surety for. Owolabi stood surety for one Oladele Ezekiel who has allegedly refused to stand his trial after securing bail. The prosecutor, a principal state counsel, Bankole Awoyemi, Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammmad has described Hon. Justice Olabode Rhodes-Vivour’s robust contributions to the development of legal jurisprudence as inviolable and fascinating. The CJN eulogised the latter Monday at a valedictory court session held in his honour. The event which took place at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court in Abuja had jurists Read More
About 53 Judges of the Federal High Courts were affected by the recent re-posting and reshuffle across the 36 divisions in the country. While three judges are going to be moved out of Abuja, the court’s headquarters, four are being redeployed to fortify their ranks to make up 10. The development Blueprint reports was the first under the new Chief Judge, Justice Read More
The Supreme Court of Nigeria Tuesday refuted earlier report that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19. Blueprint recalls that the CJN’s absence at SANs’ inauguration held in Abuja reportedly threw the legal community into anxiety. Thereafter, a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, who spoke at the unveiling of the Read More
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, and other visiting judges across the federation were on Thursday hosted to a dinner night to mark the end of the 2019 All Nigeria Judges held in Abuja. The dinner which was at the instance of the National Judicial Institute, Abuja (NJI), the host of the 2019 edition had in attendance Read More
It must have been the most embarrassing public duty Mr Justice Ibrahim Muhammad has performed so far as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. He did it with courage. Still, it must have been pretty painful for him to publicly admit what we have always known but voiced in the relative safety of bar chats, to wit, the Nigerian judiciary is Read More
The Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN) Justice Mohammed Tanko is currently swearing in no fewer than 38 Lawyers as Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). Blueprint‘s Judiciary correspondent reports that the Solicitor General of the Federation (SGF) Dayo Akpata is among those being confered as SANs with dignitaries, friends and colleagues in attendance. Details loading
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, has ignored the 35th annual Federal High Court judges’ conference taking place in Abuja. Justice Mohammed was billed to declare the event open at 10 a.m on Monday at Sheraton Hotel, Abuja. However, at 11: 15 a.m, the CJN was nowhere to be found around the conference venue where judges Read More
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