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All is now set for the swearing-in of chairmen and members of the Customary Courts of the Rivers State Judiciary. According to a statement signed by the Secretary of the Rivers State Judicial Service Commission, Blessing Vic Jumbo, the event will hold today, Monday, October 13, at 11 a.m., at the Ceremonial Court Hall of
The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of new entrants into Nigeria’s legal profession. The responsibility for administering it resides in the Body of Benchers (BoB), a statutory entity described by law as “a body of legal practitioners of the highest distinction in the legal profession in Nigeria.” The solemnity of
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed receiving a petition calling for an investigation into the handling of Rivers State’s federal allocations by the state’s former Sole Administrator, retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas. The petition, submitted by civil rights activist and lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, on September 23, 2025, came
The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit challenging the proclamation of a state of emergency in Rivers State by President Bola Tinubu. The suit, filed by Belema Briggs and four others, sought to nullify the President’s decision on the grounds that it was unconstitutional. Delivering judgment, Justice James Omotosho held that the
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, will on Monday, September 29, swear in 57 newly appointed Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs). The swearing-in ceremony forms part of activities marking the commencement of the 2025/2026 legal year of the Supreme Court. The event is scheduled to hold at the main courtroom of the apex
“The judiciary have a wide scope for making political decisions.” J.A.G. Griffiths, “Constitutional and Administrative Law’ in Peter Archer & Andrew Martin (Eds), More Law Reform Now, 55 (1983) The judgment of the Supreme Court of Nigeria on 19 January 2006 concerning the state of emergency in Plateau State came down 20 months after the proclamation and 14
In January 1993, Ibrahim Babangida was Nigeria’s military ruler. He was supposedly in the last year of an interminable transition at the end of which he promised to hand over power to an elected civilian administration. Moshood Abiola was actively canvassing to inherit that mantle. As Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mohammed Bello was in
By Chidi Odinkalu even years ago, in 2018, my good friend and former Dean of Law at the University of Ghana at Legon, Professor Raymond Atuguba, undertook a path-breaking study which sought “to move away from the perception that Justices of the Supreme Court dispense justice impartially under a constitutional democracy and reflect on the influences on
Comrade Chetam Thierry Nwala has spoken out strongly about what he believes is the steady collapse of the legal profession in Nigeria. In his words, the once noble and respected profession is being destroyed from within by some of its most powerful members. According to him, senior lawyers who have benefitted from the system are
The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) has approved the elevation of 57 legal practitioners to the prestigious rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The decision was made at the committee’s 169th plenary session held in Abuja, under the chairmanship of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun. Out of the approved elevations, 56
