National Judicial Council

The Enugu State House of Assembly has confirmed Ngozi Emehelu as the substantive chief judge of the state.

Following the retirement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud Mohammed, after attaining the compulsory retirement age of 70, President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Walter Onnoghen as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.

The National Judicial Council, NJC, has said that the raid on some judges of the federation has left judicial officers prone to attacks by criminals.

A group known as Partners West Africa – Nigeria, has called on the DSS to release the judges arrested in raids across the country on Saturday, and hand over findings of its investigations to the National Judicial Council,NJC, which is the appropriate authority to deal with such issues.