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The acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati, has redeployed 10 judges of the Federal High Court to different divisions of the court across the country. The affected judges, according to a circular by the court, are to leave the divisions where they currently sit and...

Nigerian judges reportedly hired by Gambian dictator, Yahya Jammeh, to help him with election case won't be going to Banjul, The Gambian city for the Supreme Court sitting. A Nigerian and Gambian legal experts told AFP on Monday that although five Nigerian judges and one from Sierra Leone had...

The National Judicial Council, NJC, holds meeting in Abuja to discuss some pending issues including petitions pending against some judges. The NJC will also consider the appointment of the Supreme Court Chief Registrar. Two candidates, Aliyu Ibrahim, who is presently the Chief Registrar of...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is extending the war against corruption in the judicial arm to the bar. It has invited eight Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) for interrogation over alleged payments into judges’ accounts. This is coming three weeks after the Department...

Indications have emerged that the judgments on Anambra, Zamfara, Kogi and Ekiti states governorship tussle may be the bone of contention for Friday night’s arrest of judges by officers of the Department of Security Service (DSS). Some of the cases the judges handled in recent times may be...

Eight more senior judges are under investigation and will soon be arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) as part of its latest attempt to cleanse the judiciary of corruption, Daily Trust gathered yesterday. Seven judges were earlier arrested in different states across the country...