This article has laid a foundation for the issue of cargo claims in line with its limitations and surrounding issues, as enumerated above. It is submitted that while the current situation in the ambiguity of the applicability of both rules continues; it is in the best interest of the national law-making body (that is, the National Assembly of Nigeria) to go back and take the following actions.
Alex Enumah in Abuja
The unavailability of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 Senior Advocates of Nigeria yesterday may have confirmed the anxiety in some quarters about his health.
The 66-year-old CJN has not been seen in public for weeks.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was held at the Supreme Court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021 legal year of the apex court.
The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the Supreme Court on November 6 but since then, there are conflicting details on when he was last seen in public.
Anxiety over CJN’s health as he misses SANs’ inauguration
Where is Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, the chief justice of
Nigeria (CJN)?
Amidst rumours that he had been ill, he was on Monday absent
at the swearing-in ceremony of 72 senior advocates of Nigeria.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was
held at the supreme court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021
legal year of the apex court.
The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly
known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the supreme court
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Amidst rumours that he had been ill, he was on Monday absent at the swearing-in ceremony of
The 66-year-old chief justice has not been seen in public for weeks.
The special session for the swearing-in of SANs, which was held at the supreme court in Abuja, also marked the beginning of the 2020/2021 legal year of the apex court.
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The unavailability of the CJN is unusual as he is mostly known to carry out important functions such as this.
The CJN had inaugurated eight justices of the supreme court on November 6but since then, there are conflicting details on when he was last seen in public.