nigerian political news 250119

Below is the profile of Justice Muhammad as published on the website of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. About Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad CFR Hon. Mr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, CFR was born on the 31st December 1953. He hails from Doguwa, Giade Local Government of Bauchi State. He attended...

The controversial suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to elicit mixed reactions. In removing Mr Onnoghen, Mr Buhari claimed he acted based on a Code of Conduct Tribunal order. Many Nigerians, however, believe the president...

The Presidency has given reason the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen was suspended. Onnoghen was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Buhari’s media aide, Bashir Ahmaad disclosed this on his Twitter page. Giving reasons for CJN’s suspension, Ahmaad said...

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Walter Onnoghen as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). He has sworn in Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, from Bauchi state, as the new CJN. Mohammed is the next to Onnoghen in the order of seniority. Buhari said the suspension was based on the order of Code of...

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended Nigeria’s chief justice, Walter Onnoghen, and has appointed Mr. Ibrahim Tanko Muhammed as acting CJN The suspension was revealed by Bashir Ahmad, president Buhari’s aide on new media. According to the presidential aide, speaking via his twitter handle on...

The campaign team of Oby Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) has reacted to allegations by the party that she was never serious with her presidential ambition but only used the platform to negotiate for a top ministerial position. Mrs...

A former Vice President of the World Bank, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has just released the statement below explaining the real reason she withdrew from the 2019 presidential race. In the statement posted to her Facebook Page, Mrs Ezekwesili, who is currently travelling in Mexico, said she had to...