Title of Article: Judicial Administration in Nigeria: Examining the Role and Independence of National Judicial Commission
Author: OL Oke
Abstract
The National Judicial Council has the sole power to recommend for appointment to the Governors and the President, every Judge, every Head of Superior Courts of records in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The body also has the sole power to the exclusion of any other body or agency to discipline judicial officers for any infractions as echoed by judicial decisions. This paper seeks to examine the role of the National Judicial Council as it carries out its statutory duties as well as the independence of the body from any form of interference, The paper also seeks to stimulate thoughts on the roles of the body within a federal system of government which Nigeria practices.