Tag: Tanko Muhammad

The appointment of 18 Justices of the Court of Appeal in one fell swoop pushes the number of judges of ...

The CJN ordered her to retake her oath of office because she replaced "God" with "Allah" in the officially recognised ...

The inauguration of the appointees earlier scheduled to hold in April was postponed due to the then ongoing judiciary workers’ ...

The CJN said the intention is to alleviate the effect of the strike on litigants and their lawyers.

The meeting was convened by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, to find a solution to the judiciary workers' strike that ...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, gave the charge while swearing in Salisu Garba as the new Chief ...

The CCT, despite exercising judicial powers, is currently under the control of the presidency.

The union resolves to continue the 44-day-old nationwide strike despite the latest appeal by the CJN.

PREMIUM TIMES learns that the postponement is mainly due to the judiciary workers’ ongoing strike.

The swearing in is coming some days after President Muhammadu Buhari approved the appointment of the 18 judges.

The CJN tells the judiciary union leaders that he cannot fault their reasons for going on strike.

The appointment follows the recommendation by the National Judicial Council (NJC) in March.

The workers’ union says it will be hasty to call off the strike ahead of a meeting scheduled with the ...

The leadership of the judiciary workers’ union will only hold its first meeting to review the strike by weekend.

The CJN says calling the governors to give effect to the financial autonomy status of the judiciary in their domains ...

Sources say Mr Bawa tabled a three-point request in his discussions with the top officials.

Mr Rhodes-Vivour reviewed his previous view that human rights should be subordinated to national security.

The chief justice who doubles as the NJC’s chair says the move is to keep the justice system working amid ...

Mr Ngwuta died on March 7, about 23 days to his retirement from the bench.

The new acting Chief Judge until Tuesday the second most senior judge of the FCT High Court ranking after the ...

Salisu Garba takes over from Ishaq Bello who clocked the retirement age of 65 on Tuesday

The exit of a head of court is usually followed immediately by the swearing in of a successor.

Supreme Court spokesperson says "no medical report so far" indicates that the CJN has tested positive for Coronavirus.

The CJN joins the thousands of Nigerians, including senior public officials, who have contracted the virus.

The rank was awarded to senior lawyers who have demonstrated great excellence and have proved themselves as advocates and academics.