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In one fell swoop, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has queried 256 judges for judicial misconduct. This headlined its decisions taken at the 111th Council meeting in Abuja recently, where it also suspended two judges for one year without pay. The processes that led to these steps were painstaking, and included the dismissal of 73 other petitions.
Other decisions taken include the summoning of the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court and the Chief Judge, Kano State High Court, over conflicting orders, issuance of warning letters to three judges and
