Tag: acting CJN
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Buhari Writes Acting CJN For More Judges After Accepting Onnoghen’s Resignation
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the resignation of Walter Onnoghen, former chief justice of Nigeria. Starnews reports that Onnoghen was accused of non-declaration of assets traced to him. He was suspended by the president earlier in the year weeks before the general elections. The top jurist who was on trial later wrote the president to…
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Court Dismisses Suit Against Acting CJN Over Age Falsification
A Federal High Court sitting in Jabi area of Abuja has dismissed a suit alleging that the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) falsified his age. The plaintiff, Mr Tochi Michael alleged that the acting CJN, Justice Tanko Mohammed reduced his age by three years. Mr Michael alleged that the acting CJN was born on…
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Alleged Age Falsification: Acting CJN Knows Fate May 31
An Abuja High Court has fixed May 31, 2019, for judgement in a suit filed by Tochi Michael accusing the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, of age falsification. Justice Danlami Senchi fixed the date following the failure of the plaintiff and his counsel to appear before the court after filing their processes.…
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Businessman Takes Acting CJN To Court Over Alleged Age Falsification
A 46-year-old businessman, Mr Tochi Michael, has dragged Justice Tanko Muhammad, the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, before a Federal Capital Territory High Court over alleged age falsification. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that in the originating summons with suit No. FCT/HC/BW/CV/79/2019, filed before the court in April, the petitioner alleged that the CJN…
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Constitutional crisis looms as Acting CJN’s tenure ends in three weeks
The nation may be plunged into a constitutional crisis in about three weeks as the tenure of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammad Tanko, comes to an end, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. Muhammad was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 25, 2019 following an order by the Code of Conduct Tribunal that…
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I Didn’t Need NJC Recommendation To Become Acting CJN — Mohammad
The acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari and his humble self do not need the recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC) before he could be appointed the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The Punch reports that Muhammad made the claim in response to a query given…