President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has called for urgent improvements in Nigeria’s judicial processes, warning against procedural weaknesses that allow corruption cases involving politically exposed persons and organised criminal networks to…
The recent decision of Justice Egwuatu in J-k Gadzama, SAN v. Body of Benchers & Ors. deserves considerable attention for the important constitutional question it raises and for what may…
A new judicial reform paper says Nigeria should stop measuring court digitalisation by the number of electronic platforms introduced and instead ask whether technology is actually making justice faster, cheaper,…
Nigeria's next phase of criminal-justice reform could fundamentally change how trials are managed. Attorney-General Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, says proposals now being advanced include compulsory pre-trial case management, fully digitised proceedings…
Three NBA branches have united behind legislation that would extend the service years of magistrates and law officers in Benue State. Their intervention places professional experience and institutional continuity at…
A long-running constitutional dispute over Ibrahim Magu's leadership of the EFCC has produced a major appellate decision. The Court of Appeal has rejected the idea that an acting head of…
Nigerian jurists have sounded a caution over the growing use of artificial intelligence in legal research and judgment writing, warning that unverified AI-generated material could distort facts, undermine professional responsibility…
Restoring confidence in Nigeria's courts may require more than condemning individual misconduct. A newly published paper argues that appointments, discipline, judicial funding and court administration must be addressed together.
The condition of court infrastructure has moved directly into Abia State's 2027 budget conversation after NBA representatives warned that deteriorating facilities are disrupting proceedings in some courts. The intervention reinforces…
The NBA Benin Branch has joined Edo Assembly workers in opposing reported plans to repeal financial autonomy laws for the legislature and judiciary, warning that the move could weaken institutional…
