Magistrate arrested for disguising as a woman to write Law exams for his girlfriend

A newly appointed Magistrate, Ammaari Musa Semwogerere has been arrested and sacked for disguising as a woman to sit for exams for his girlfriend at the Law Development Centre (LDC) Lira, Uganda. According to local media, Semwogerere was promoted by the Judicial Service Commission to the position of Magistrate Grade One on probation two weeks […]

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NBA petitions panels, commission over Malami, magistrate’s roles in Justice Odili’s home invasion

National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has resolved to file a petition against the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami SAN, and Mr Emmanuel Iyanna, the Chief Magistrate in Abuja, who issued a search warrant for security officials to search the home of a Supreme Court […]

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‘Please pay me my 2 years salary arrears, I am a single mother’ ―Magistrate, her two sons protest at Nigerian Governor’s office

A Magistrate, Safiya Iyeh Ashipu, of the Chief Magistrate Court, Odukpani and her two sons on Monday, January 4, staged a peaceful protest in front of the Cross River State Governor’s office over alleged non-payment of her 2 years salary. Ashipu, who said she is a single mother, is one of the 29 Magistrates that […]

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