Tag: TANKO
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Buhari to swear in Ariwoola as Ag Chief Justice of Nigeria following CJN Tanko’s resignation
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad has resigned and, set to be replaced by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola. According to reports, Justice Muhammad resigned on Sunday night over corruption allegations. Justice Ariwoola will be sworn in as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria by
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Hanifa’s death: Kano govt. re-arraigns school proprietor, two others
The Kano state government on Monday, re-arraigned a school proprietor, Abdulmalik Tanko, 34, before a Kano High Court for alleged murder of five-year-old school pupil, Hanifa Abubakar. Tanko, alongside Hashimu Isyaku, 37 and Fatima Musa, 26, who lives at Tudun Murtala Quarters, Kano, is facing a five-count charge along with the other two accused persons,…
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BREAKING: Chief Justice of Nigeria tests positive for COVID-19, flown to Dubai for treatment
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad has tested positive for COVID-19. According reports, the CJN is presently in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, receiving treatment. A member of the Supreme Court, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa disclosed this at the unveiling of the national headquarters of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association of Nigeria (MULAN) on Tuesday…
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Judiciary under Buhari, Tanko no longer last hope of common man – PDP
…Threatens nationwide ‘civil disobedience’ The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened nationwide civil disobedience over what it described as dangerous drift in the affairs of the nation. The party, still smarting from the loss of the Imo State governorship seat to the All Progressives Congress (APC) through the Supreme Court, demanded a total overhaul of…
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Court strikes out suit challenging appointment of Tanko as CJN
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Friday, dismissed a suit challenging the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Iyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court struck out the suit brought by a plaintiff, Omirhobo Foundation, for lack of locus standi to…
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Onnoghen: Lawyer files suit to stop confirmation of Justice Tanko as CJN
A lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, has dragged the National Judicial Council (NJC) before the Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking an order halting the appointment of the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, as the substantive chief justice. The applicant in the suit with number FHC/ABJ/CS/420/2019 alleged that Mr Muhammad availed himself as a tool…
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VC calls for strengthening of Nigeria’s tax system, administration
The Vice Chancellor of Kaduna State University, Prof. Muhammad Tanko, says Nigeria must strengthen its tax system to gain maximally from it. Tanko made the remarks in a presentation on “The Nigerian Tax and Administration” organised by the Department of History of the university, in Kaduna. The vice chancellor said government should continuously…