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The Nigerian Senate has fixed the date to screen and confirm Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Justice Walter Onnoghen
The Senate on Tuesday fixed March 1 for the screening of Justice Walter Onnoghen for confirmation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, announced the date at the resumption of plenary for the week on Tuesday.
Onnoghen was on November 7, 2016 appointed in acting capacity by President Muhammadu Buhari on recommendation of the National Judicial Council (NJC).
His acting capacity for three months was to lapse on February 10, 2017, a situation that almost caused constitutional crises, before the intervention of NJC.
