The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, will swear in 38 new Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) on September 23 at the main courtroom of the Supreme Court in Abuja.
In a statement on Wednesday, the apex court’s spokesman Festus Akande said the swearing-in ceremony is among programmes lined up to usher in the court’s 2019/2020 legal year.
The statement reads: “As customary, during such programmes, the Honourable Chief Justice of Nigeria will deliver a state-of-the Judiciary address, which is ostensibly to highlight the performance of the Supreme Court and, by extension, the Nigerian Judiciary in the outgoing 2018/2019 legal year.
“…Out of the 117 legal practitioners who applied for the Rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria in 2019, 38 were successful at the end of the rigorous exercise.
“Out of this number, three are academics while 35 are advocates.
“The Supreme Court commenced its annual vacation after a remarkably successful 2018/2019 legal year on Monday, July 29, 2019.
“All the programmes billed to mark the commencement of the new legal year are to start at 10 a.m.”
