The Coalition of Lawyers for Injustice has cried out to the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, to come to the rescue of the judiciary in Rivers State.
I am not too sure politicians would want to line up to the courts in 2027, particularly when you already feel cheated by the kind of judgments we were getting. If you
A retired Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, has said that Nigeria’s political class and not the judiciary is responsible for the prevailing state of impunity in virtually all
A retired Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Buba, has said that Nigeria’s political class and not the judiciary is responsible for the prevailing state of impunity in virtually all
I anchored a Newswatch cover story on our judiciary in May 1986. The story, Judiciary on Trial, was published in the issue of the magazine dated May 26, 1986.
Nigeria has changed the baton of leadership, consequent upon the conclusion of the last general election in the country. Resulting from the outcome are several petitions filed in the various tribunals to
When you are weak, when there is no power, when you are poor, in the time of sorrow, war and when you are not certain of what will happen next; then you
In Part 1 of the paper delivered at the reception in honour of the newly-appointed Chief Judge of Ondo State, and published in this column on Monday April 3, 2023, we examined
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 25, 2023 presidential poll, Atiku Abubakar, has said allegations of massive irregularities trailing the exercise have put the judiciary on triial.
Mr. Jacob Zuma, a former South Africa president captured the executive temperament on the audacity of the judiciary aptly when he stated in 2010, that “in paying tribute to our former Chief