The new Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has been sworn-in by President Bola Tinubu. Tinubu presided over Kekere-Ekun's

Justice Kekere-Ekun has been sworn in by President Tinubu as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria. The presidency shared videos of the swearing-in ceremony on Monday.

President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, 30th September, swore in Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Kekere-Ekun was sworn in as the 23rd CJN at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. It would be recalled that the Nigerian Senate last Wednesday, confirmed Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the highest-ranking justice […]

Justice Kekere-Ekun, following the Senate’s confirmation of her nomination last week, now becomes the 23rd CJN and only the second woman to hold this position in the nation’s history.

Mr Tinubu underscored the pivotal role of the judiciary in safeguarding Nigeria’s constitutional democracy.

Justice Kekere-Ekun, the second female CJN in Nigeria’s history, was sworn in following her confirmation by the Senate.

President Bola Tinubu has assured the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, that there will be no interference in the decision-making and processes of the judiciary. President Tinubu stated this while swearing in the second female Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday. ”The judiciary is an important pillar constituting the tripod that […]

The newly-inaugurated Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Motomori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, vowed on Monday in Abuja that obedience to court

The CJN was earlier inaugurated by President Bola Tinubu as the substantive CJN before returning to preside over the ceremony for the new legal year of the Supreme Court and the swearing-in of the new SANs, where she delivered her tenure-defining, first official address in her new role.