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Security agents were forced to use tear gas to disperse members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, who gathered at the Complex of the National Assembly as well as the Federal Government Secretariat in Abuja.

A huge number of protesters, made up of mainly lawyers, took to major streets in the Federal Capital Territory, to protest the alleged continued disobedience of court orders by the Department of State Security, DSS.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has intensified investigations into the alleged corruption in the Judicial Arm of government.

A group of protesters are demanding that the judges who were indicted of corruption by the Department of State Security, DSS, should step aside until their innocence have been proven.

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has launched a National Judicial Policy, NJP, as well as inaugurated the Ethics Standing Committee.

Following recent developments in the Judiciary with regards to allegations of corruption among top judicial officers, the National Judicial Council, NJC, has announced a new set of regulations, barring judges and other court staff from accepting any form of gift from the other arms of government.