Tag Archives: Judicial

The House of Representatives has passed a bill for upward review of the salaries, allowances, and fringe benefits of judicial officers, with the Chief Justice of Nigeria now expected to earn a monthly salary of N5.39m.   In the executive bill submitted to the House on Tuesday by President Bola …

President Bola Tinubu has submitted a proposal to the Senate on the salaries and allowances for judicial office holders in Nigeria.   Senate President, Godswill Akpiabio, read the letter addressed to senators during plenary on Wednesday, March 20. President Tinubu noted that the bill would establish a new legal framework …

Main opposition party calls it president’s ‘attempt to eliminate the constitutional order’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has waded into a brewing judicial crisis, accusing the country’s highest court of making mistakes and defending an unprecedented criminal investigation against its judges. The comments on Friday stoked a debate over the …

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has described a viral letter claiming it has transferred statutory powers and functions regarding appointments and promotions of judges to state governors, as fake.    Soji Oye, Director of Information at NJC said they’ve reported the “unfortunate case” to the relevant security agencies to investigate …

The Presidency has stated that there is no Presidential approval for salary increase for political office holders and judicial officers.  The media has been agog with reports that the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) is proposing a 114% review of salaries for political holders. According to the commission, …

CNN  —  Benjamin Netanyahu resisted calls to drop his controversial overhaul of Israel’s judiciary in a fiery televised address Thursday, hours after his government passed a law that was condemned by critics as an effort to protect his position. Israeli opposition politicians earlier condemned the new law, which would limit …

Advertisement Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called on the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to obey the ruling of the High Court that sentenced him tothree months imprisonment. Naija News reports that HURIWA applauded the court’s ruling, saying it means the justice system in the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved an upward review of the salary and welfare scheme for Nigerian judicial officers.   Buhari disclosed this on Friday, November 18, at the inauguration of Dr Nabo Graham Douglas Campus of the Nigerian Law School in Port Harcourt built by the Governor Nyesom Wike administration.   The President …

It should be anathema to mention that a judge was “Trump-appointed” and yet legal experts across the spectrum are using words like “pandering” to explain a judicial order about “intending” to appoint a special master to analyze Trump’s motion to examine the materials taken from Mar-a-Lago to be covered by …

Popular Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, aka Basketmouth, has said that he refused to sue a company despite not getting a property he paid for because he does not trust the Nigerian judicial system. The comedian revealed during an interview with Sunday Scoop that he is not a fan of the …