Tag: Judiciary
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House of Reps to engage governors on autonomy for judiciary
The House of Representatives Committee on Judiciary is to engage the Nigerian Governor’s Forum and all relevant stakeholders with a view to ensuring judicial financial autonomy. The Chairman of the committee, Rep. Luke Onofiok (PDP-Akwa-Ibom), made this known during a meeting with the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) in Abuja. Our correspondent reports that JUSUN began…
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Nigeria’s judiciary and underfunding: What way forward for effective justice system?
The judiciary globally has been known to be the last hope of the common man, considering the fact that the other arms of government, the executive and the legislature can decide to play politics with issues that affects the masses, but the judiciary in a sane clime is expected to be neutral and impartial in…
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Corrupt Judges Would Soon Be Prosecuted – Justice Umar
By Sule Aliyu, Bauchi As the Judiciary grapples with the cases of corruption among judges in the country, the Hon. Chief Judge of Bauchi State, Justice Rabi Umar, has declared that corrupt Magistrate and Shariah Judges in Bauchi State will soon be sanctioned severely. She said that the corrupt and indolent Judges are known and…