Judiciary

Senate Confirms Kekere-Ekun as Substantive CJN

Web News 26 September 2024 68 0

…Pledges to fight corruption The Senate, on Wednesday, screened and confirmed Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, announced confirmation of  Kekere-Ekun during the plenary after she was cleared by voice Continue Reading

Judiciary

Tinubu swears in Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as 23rd CJN

Web News 23 August 2024 139 0

President Bola Tinubu has sworn in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, pending her confirmation by the Senate. Justice Kekere-Ekun took the oath of office and signed the oath register at 11.40 am at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja on Friday. She succeeds Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, who assumed […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

Kekere-Ekun Nominated to Succeed Ariwoola as CJN

Web News 15 August 2024 141 0

The National Judicial Council has recommended Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to be the next Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN. The recommendation was made in an impromptu closed-door meeting initially slated for Friday but brought forward to Thursday in Abuja. The NJC also made recommendations for 27 others as judges of the state high court in the […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

CJN to Swear in New Justices of Supreme Court Monday

Web News 23 February 2024 329 0

The newly-appointed 11 Justices of the Supreme Court will be sworn in on Monday. The justices are Jummai Sankey, Chidiebere Uwa, Chioma Nwosu-Iheme, Haruna Tsammani, Moore Adumein, Obande Ogbuinya, and Stephen Adah. Others are Habeeb Abiru, Jamilu Yammama Tukur, Abubakar Sadiq Umar, and Mohammed Baba Idris The National Assembly had on December 21, 2023, confirmed […]Continue Reading

Politics

Ariwoola, Tinubu Never Met in UK, President-Elect is in France – Ahmed Raji

Web News 24 March 2023 383 0

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Barrister Ahmed Raji has debunked a rumour that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kayode Ariwoola was sighted in the United Kingdom in a wheelchair, purportedly in a meeting with the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a statement in Ibadan, Mr Raji explained that Justice Ariwoola went […]Continue Reading

Judiciary

Senate Confirms Ariwoola as CJN

Web News 21 September 2022 362 0

The Senate has confirmed Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. Ariwoola was confirmed at about 12:55 after about an hour of drilling and questioning by the senate. This motion for the screening was moved by the Senate Leader, Senator Ibrahim Gobir, at the plenary at 11:35 am. The Senate President,  Ahmad […]Continue Reading