An Enugu State-based rights group, the Civil Rights Realisation & Advancement Network (CRRAN), has condemned the directive of the Enugu State Chief Judge making it mandatory for lawyers to attach their tax clearance certificate in all the processes filed in the court before they can be entertained. The group in a petition to the Chief Justice of Nigeria and chairman National Judicial Council (NJC), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, described such directive as "illegal and a violation of the legal practitioners act and limiting access to justice".
Police operatives, on Wednesday, dispersed protesting members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Osun State branch, as the Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, resumed her office.
Justice Monica Bolna'an Dongban-Mensem of the Appeal Court has constituted the 2023 governorship, national and state houses of assembly Election Petition Tribunals for Rivers State. This was made known in a statement by Umar Abubakar, Esq., who noted that the constitution of tribunals is the fulfillment of the provision of Section 285 (2) and (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and Section 131 (1) of the Electoral Act, 2022 (as amended).