NEWS: Protesters storm court, demand judges’ prosecution

A group of protesters under the aegis of Human Rights and Anti-Corruption Coalition stormed the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Oyinka Abayomi Drive, on Wednesday, demanding the prosecution of the seven judges arrested over the weekend for alleged corruption.
Speaking through their leader, Desmond Abiona, the protesters declared their solidarity with the Department of State Services for arresting the judges and condemned those who termed the DSS action as an attack on the

NBA vows to punish corrupt Lawyers

The National President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Augustine Alegeh (SAN), has vowed to punish any member found to be corrupt in the discharge of his duties.

Alegeh gave this warning yesterday, during the National Executive Committee meeting organised to take stock of the bar in the judicial process in the country.

According to him, the bar was re-positioning to work with the new Justice Minister to strengthen the justice system in the country.

The acting Chief Judge in Rivers State, Justice Daisy Okocha, believed the judiciary would be more effective without political interference.

The two-day meeting was flagged off by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesome Wike, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State’s capital in Nigeria’s southern region.