{"id":8741,"date":"2019-04-20T13:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T13:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=8741"},"modified":"2019-04-20T13:45:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T13:45:35","slug":"breaking-buhari-extends-appointment-of-acting-cjn-muhammad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/breaking-buhari-extends-appointment-of-acting-cjn-muhammad","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Buhari extends appointment of acting CJN, Muhammad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the appointment of Ibrahim Muhammed, acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by three months.<\/p>\n<p>Soji Oye, NJC spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Oye said the council met and approved Buhari\u2019s request to extend the appointment of Muhammad by three months.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2416\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/01\/walter-Onnoghen-CJN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1780\" height=\"1386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/walter-Onnoghen-CJN.jpg 1780w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/walter-Onnoghen-CJN-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/walter-Onnoghen-CJN-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/01\/walter-Onnoghen-CJN-1024x797.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1780px) 100vw, 1780px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cThe attention of the National Judicial Council has been drawn to an online newspaper and daily newspaper report stating that the council would meet next week to deliberate on the extension of the Acting Appointment of Honourable Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad CFR, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContrary to the above, the Council actually met on Thursday 18th April, 2019 and at the 88th Meeting considered and approved the request of President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for the extension of the Appointment of Hon. Dr. Justice I. T. Muhammad, CFR, as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria for another three (3) months and Council has since forwarded its approval to the president.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the appointment of Ibrahim Muhammed, acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) by three months. Soji Oye, NJC spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Oye said the council met and approved Buhari\u2019s request to extend the appointment of Muhammad by three months. 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