Some of the lawyers conferred with the SAN rank by the CJN were Mustapha Ibrahim and Ikani Kanu-Agabi.
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The simmering crisis has been on since last year, and their Lordships, after being pushed to the wall with no solution in sight, decided to write a formal memo to the CJN. It soon finds its way to the social and mainstream media.
The ceremony, which will be presided over by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, will take place at the main courtroom of the apex court.
Muhammad gave the warning during the swearing in ceremony of the newly appointed justices on Friday.
The CJN, who gave the charge on Monday in Abuja, also admonished the judges to be proactive and devise personal means to curb what he described as persistent delay in the administration of justice.
Onnoghen turned in his resignation letter on Friday, a day after the National Judicial Council sent its recommendation on his indictment to President Muhammadu Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party has described the death of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Idris Kutigi, as a huge loss to the nation and the Judiciary.
IGP Idris in a condolence message in Abuja on Sunday, said he was deeply touched when he received the news that late Legbo Kutigi had passed on.
Onnoghen made this known in an address at the inauguration of the center on Thursday in Abuja.
The Acting Chairman of the commission, Abdullahi Bako, told newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday that the case files were shelved due to a combination of legal and financial impediments
Onnoghen gave the directive during a special court session the Supreme Court held to mark the opening of the 2017/2018 legal year
The highly authoritative newspaper said top on the list of those being probed are the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State; his predecessor and the current Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; and the immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The appointees are: John Targema, Mahmood Namtari, Gerald Nweneka, Sanusi Kado, Sinmisola Adeniyi, Abiola Adewemimo, Opeloye Ogunbowale, Isaac Essien, Elizabeth Oji, Oluwakayode Arowosegbe.
Onnoghen, who said this after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, described the assertion as mere speculations
The meeting lasted about 40 minutes
Onnoghen gave the assurance while responding to questions from senators during his screened for confirmation on Wednesday in Abuja
The confirmation was done on Wednesday at the plenary of the Senate where Onnoghen was screened
Reports reaching The Eagle Online has it that Onnoghen stepped into the Senate Chamber at about 11:50am
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, announced the date at the resumption of plenary for the week on Tuesday
On February 2, the Senate adjourned its normal plenary session schedule for three weeks to enable members participate in their various committees for the defence of budget estimates by Ministries, Departments and Agencies