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National Judicial Council

December 3, 2023

Conflicting court judgments will increase voter apathy, says Plateau PDP chair

Mr Hassan faulted the judgments, described them as a “miscarriage of justice.’’

PDP
November 22, 2023

Confusion as certified judgment shows Appeal Court affirmed NNPP’s Abba Yusuf as Kano governor

Ms Musa promised to relay the observation to the justices who delivered the ruling.

GOVERNOR ABBA YUSUF; APC GUBER CANDIDATE NASIR GAWUNA
November 21, 2023

Assembly not encroaching on NJC duties by CJ’s suspension: Speaker

The speaker said the petitions against the suspended chief judge bordered on abuse of office.

Adewale Egbedun
October 19, 2023

Reps urge FG to appoint nine new justices to Supreme Court

In his motion, he stated that the apex court’s current number of justices had dropped to an all-time low of 11.

House of Representatives floor
September 4, 2023

FCT judges accuse chief justice of stealing multibillion-naira allowances, leaving them vulnerable to bribe traffickers

In discreet interviews conducted over seven weeks, five judges, in a rare move, supplied our newsroom with unspeakable humiliation they endured under Husseini Baba-Yusuf.

Justice Husseini Baba-Yusuf
August 13, 2023

On this rising violence against Nigeria’s judiciary

Nothing can stand in a society where the judiciary is minimised, abused, and ridiculed.

Supreme Court
July 14, 2023

NJC clears CJN Ariwoola’s son, 22 others as new federal court judges

The council will send a list bearing the new judges to President Bola Tinubu for approval.

CJN Ariwoola
June 14, 2023

NJC, not EFCC, can probe Bulkachuwa’s tenure as Appeal Court president: Official

“From what I saw there and what I heard, the question you asked me should be directed to the National Judicial Council. They are the ones in charge of judges and their actions.”

ZAINAB BULKACHUWA
May 19, 2023

Labour Party: Bribe-tainted judge denies ruling on Abia governorship

Mr Nasir-Yunusa, however, said it nullified the election of the candidates for Kano Labour Party (LP) that contested during the 2023 general election.

Justice Nasir-Yunusa and Alex Otti
April 30, 2023

The first fruits of a crooked INEC

The bottom has fallen off the system of electoral administration under Mahmood Yakubu’s watch.

Mahmood Yakubu and Hudu Yunusa Ari