BREAKING: Tinubu Swears In Kekere-Ekun As New Chief Justice Of Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu has administered the oath of bureau to Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, formally inaugurating her arsenic the 23rd Chief Justice of Nigeria, taxable to Senate confirmation.

The ceremonial took spot astatine the Council Chamber of the State House successful Abuja connected Friday astatine astir 11:40 am, wherever Kekere-Ekun signed the oath register, marking the opening of her tenure.

Kekere-Ekun volition run successful acting capableness until conformation by the Senate.

The National Judicial Council astatine its 106th Meeting presided implicit by Ariwoola, past week, recommended Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun to President Tinubu for assignment arsenic the Chief Justice of Nigeria.

On Monday, the President travelled to France for a abbreviated moving trip, according to his team's statement of the sojourn arsenic a 'brief enactment stay'."

But the President returned to Abuja, the nation's capital, connected Friday, August 23, 2024, pursuing a little enactment enactment successful France.

He arrived astatine Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport astatine astir 2:25 am.

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