Meanwhile, Senate has wished the outgone Chief Justice well, following many years of meritorious service to the nation and to pray for his good health.
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In an unprecedented petition, Justices of the apex court had jointly accused the Chief Justice of Nigeria of corruption, maladministration and incompetence.
This followed the retirement of the substantive Chief Registrar, Hadizatu Uwani-Mustapha.
Muhammed challenged the new president to live up to expectations by maintaining cordial relationship with her colleagues on the Appeal Court bench.
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice I.T. Muhammad, on Monday directed all Heads of Courts to abide by previous circulars shutting down courts to hear only urgent, essential and time-bound matters.
According to Daily Trust, the seven-man panel of the apex court led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed, said the panel agreed that there is no merit in the appeal.
According to the BMO, this is the outcome of a recent strategy meeting of PDP leaders and the former Vice President in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
President Mohammadu Buhari has sent a letter requesting the Senate to confirm the appointment of Tanko Mohammed as the substantive Chief Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Justice Danlami Senchi of the FCT High Court, Jabi on Friday dismissed a suit, accusing Justice Tanko Mohammed, the acting Chief Judge of Nigeria, of age falsification for lack of ‘’Locus Standi’’.
A popular musician, Alhaji Kabiru Classic of the Peoples Democratic Party, has emerged as the House of Reps member-elect representing Anka/Talata-Mafara federal constituency, Zamfara following Friday’s Supreme Court judgement.
The Northern Youths Movement has accused the Zamfara State Governor, Abdul’aziz Yari, of abandoning the people of the State and running to Saudi Arabia to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari in his plot to manipulated the Supreme Court judgment on the dispute over the validity of the All Progressives Congress primaries that produced the candidate fielded by the party in the last general elections.
In spite of the court boycott directive by the Nigerian Bar Association, many judges at the Ikeja High Court Complex adjudicated over cases.
Lawyers on Tuesday shunned a directive of the Nigerian Bar Association calling on its members to boycott courts nationwide for two days, following suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen, as Chief Judge of Nigeria.
The appeal is in relation to the ongoing Saraki’s trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal for allegedly failing to declare his assets with the Code of Conduct Bureau.