Lawyers hailed yesterday the action of the National Judicial Council (NJC) on the crisis of integrity rocking the Judiciary. The NJC at its emergency meeting in Abuja issued suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen and Acting CJN Tanko Muhammad a seven-day deadline to respond to petitions pending against them. The petition against Justice […]
The National Judicial Council has given Justice Walter Onnoghen and the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed (CFR), seven days to respond to petitions written against them.
Scores of protesters, on Monday, stormed the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court over the judgment that ordered the unconditional release of detained leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, otherwise known as the Shiite sect, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, said on Monday that the National Judicial Council was prepared to sanction judges found culpable of corrupt practices.
