Contrary to optimism expressed by Jimoh Ibrahim, the Supreme Court has struck out his appeals challenging the ruling of the Court of Appeal which affirmed Eyitayo Jegede as the authentic Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the forthcoming Ondo election.
Following the retirement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mahmud Mohammed, after attaining the compulsory retirement age of 70, President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, Walter Onnoghen as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The Department of State Services, DSS, has alleged that Governor Nyesim Wike of Rivers State used his position to prevent its operatives from searching the house and arresting a high court judge who kept two million United States Dollars in his residence.
The Federal Judicial Service Commission has recommended a new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, to the National Judicial Council for further recommendation to President Muhammadu Buhari.
