A Supreme Court judge, Mary Peter-Odili, retired after attaining the retirement age of 70 on Thursday. Speaking at the valedictory court session held in her honour, Mrs Peter-Odili lamented the spate of violent crimes in Nigeria,...
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that the executive arm of the government will continue to respect the judiciary within the boundaries laid out in the Constitution in order to strengthen the country’s democracy. Speaking Thursday evening...
Jamila Muhammad Sani, the wife of the alleged kidnapper and killer of 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar, has been arraigned before Kano State Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Gidan Murtala, Kano, on a count charge of alleged...
Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher in Kano, has been arrested over his alleged involvement in the kidnap and death of Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil. The pupil was said to have been kidnapped in December and her...
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has suspended promotions of judges indicted over the issuance of conflicting orders by courts of coordinate jurisdiction. The NJC, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, had...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, says the Judiciary will no longer condone indiscipline or allow any Judge to tarnish its image. The CJN gave the warning on Monday, in Abuja, at a...
Bandits, who abducted 138 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in May in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have seized a man sent to deliver N30 million as another installment of the...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, said on Monday that the appointment of record 18 Justices of the Court of Appeal in one batch is an indication of a surge in the emergence...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, will later today swear in 18 Justices of the Court of Appeal. His spokesperson, Ahuraka Isah, said in a statement that the inauguration would take place at the...
The abductors of the pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town in Rafi Local Government of Niger State have spoken with the Headmaster, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan. In a call at about 4pm on Monday,...