CHIEF JUSTICE OF NIGERIA

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Ariwoola Olukayode as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Recall that following the resignation of the outgone CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, on health grounds, Justice Ariwoola…

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of 18 new justices for the court of appeal. The new justices had been recommended to the President in March by National Judicial Council (NJC) chaired by Chief Justice of Nigeria…

ChiefJustice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, has tested positive for COVID-19. Justice Ibrahim Saulawa, a member of the Supreme Court, made this known at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad has on Monday swore in 72 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria.  Although the CJN Muhammad was absent from the ceremony, the next most senior Justice of the Supreme Court,…

Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court. The swearing-in ceremony held on Friday, November 6 at the Supreme Court in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, has died. He died in the early hours of today July 18th at the Chida Orthopaedic Hospital, Gudu, Abuja. Born on August 28th 1941, the eminent justice who hailed from…