“The term of office of judges, their independence, security, adequate remuneration, conditions of service, pensions and the age of retirement shall be adequately secured by...
In March 2006, Uganda’s Supreme Court convened to begin adjudication of the disputes over the presidential election that occurred the previous month in the country....
In a recent address during the groundbreaking ceremony of the N37 billion Abuja Division of the Appeal Court Complex in Daki-Biyu, Attorney General of the Federation...
President Bola Tinubu has taken a significant step towards enhancing the welfare of judicial officers in Nigeria by submitting a bill to the Senate aimed at...
On February 27, 2024, Nigeria’s National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja opened a continuing education course for judges. The opening featured an address by the...
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), one of Nigeria’s most prominent pro-democracy NGOs, invited me to make a virtual presentation from my base in Atlanta...
In a recent statement, Peter Obi, the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, expressed his concerns about the state of...
Election dispute resolution has cumulatively drained the judiciary in Nigeria of the intangible institutional assets of character, credibility, impartiality and independence. On April 3, 2003,...
When Ogbonnaya Ukeje died in Lagos two days after Christmas Day in 1981, Bode Rhodes-Vivour was a 30-year-old lawyer making his way up the rungs of...
President Bola Tinubu has assured of his administration’s commitment to concluding a thorough review of the remuneration of judicial officers in the country. Mr Tinubu spoke...