NJC

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.

The Nigerian Judicial Council, NJC, has said that it would not suspend the judges being investigated by the Department of State Security, DSS, over allegations of corruption.

The Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, has called on the National Judicial Council, NJC, to suspend the Judges that have been indicted of corruption by the Department of State Services, DSS, until they have cleared their names.

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.