National Judicial Council of Nigeria

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constitutional body judicial council

The National Judicial Council of Nigeria is a constitutional body responsible for overseeing the appointment, discipline, and welfare of judges and safeguarding the independence of the judiciary in Nigeria.

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Label	Occurrences
National Judicial Council of Nigeria canonical	12

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional body ⓘ judicial council ⓘ
abbreviation	NJC ⓘ
aim	maintain integrity of the Nigerian judiciary ⓘ promote efficiency in the Nigerian judiciary ⓘ protect judges from undue influence ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999
constitutionalProvision	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Section 153 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria
country	Nigeria ⓘ
establishedAs	federal executive body listed in Section 153 ⓘ
governs	judicial appointments procedures in Nigeria ⓘ judicial disciplinary procedures in Nigeria ⓘ
hasChairperson	Chief Justice of Nigeria ⓘ
hasFunction	recommendation of persons for appointment as Chief Judges of states ⓘ recommendation of persons for appointment as Chief Justice of Nigeria ⓘ recommendation of persons for appointment as Grand Khadi of Sharia Courts of Appeal ⓘ recommendation of persons for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria ⓘ recommendation of persons for appointment as President of Customary Courts of Appeal ⓘ recommendation of persons for appointment as President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Abuja ⓘ
jurisdiction	Nigeria ⓘ
languageOfWork	English ⓘ
legalStatus	independent constitutional body ⓘ
listedIn	Third Schedule of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria ⓘ
monitors	conduct of judicial officers in Nigeria ⓘ
oversees	appointment of federal judges in Nigeria ⓘ appointment of state high court judges in Nigeria ⓘ discipline of federal judicial officers ⓘ discipline of state judicial officers under its remit ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Nigeria ⓘ
responsibility	advising on judicial training needs ⓘ disciplinary control over judicial officers ⓘ ensuring ethical standards in the judiciary ⓘ ensuring judicial independence ⓘ formulating policies on judicial welfare ⓘ handling petitions against judicial officers ⓘ recommendation of candidates for judicial appointment ⓘ recommendation of removal of judicial officers ⓘ
role	discipline of judges ⓘ overseeing appointment of judges ⓘ safeguarding independence of the judiciary ⓘ welfare of judges ⓘ
sector	judicial sector ⓘ
subjectTo	Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ surface form: Constitution of Nigeria
typeOfOrganization	federal body ⓘ
worksTo	ensure accountability of judges ⓘ ensure merit-based judicial appointments ⓘ prevent executive interference in the judiciary ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Supreme Court of Nigeria → appointmentOnRecommendationOf → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria → establishes → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Chief Justice of Nigeria → memberOf → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Chief Justice of Nigeria → chairs → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

State High Courts of Nigeria → overseenBy → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Nigeria → appointmentOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Court of Appeal of Nigeria → removalOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

CJN → leads → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

subject surface form: Chief Justice of Nigeria

Sharia Courts of Appeal of the States → appointmentOfJudgesOnRecommendationOf → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Sharia Court of Appeal of the Federal Capital Territory → appointmentRecommendationBy → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Federal Judicial Service Commission of Nigeria → worksWith → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ

Federal Judicial Service Commission of Nigeria → advises → National Judicial Council of Nigeria ⓘ