L-R: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari, and the new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen after his swearing in on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, November 10, 2016 inaugurated Supreme Court Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
This is following the retirement of Justice Mahmud Mohammed on the attainment of the mandatory 70 year-retirement age.
Onnoghen’s appointment in acting capacity simply means he is expected to act until the name of a substantive CJN is forwarded to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation.
President Muhammadu Buhari and dignatories at the swearing in of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting chief justice of Nigeria on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
Statutorily, Onnoghen’s name should be forwarded to the Senate for confirmation as he is the next in line to Justice Mahmoud in terms of seniority.
The delay by President Buhari in forwarding Onnoghen’s name to Senate for confirmation has been shrouded in the politics of ethnicity.
The National Judicial Council, NJC, has recommended Onnoghen to President Buhari for the position. The council’s decision was communicated in a press statement a few weeks ago.
Onnoghen is from Nigeria’s South-South minority, a geo-political zone Buhari accused of contributing only 5% support towards his election as president.
The brief inauguration ceremony witnessed by top government officials took place inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Click on any image to enlarge
The new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen greets President Muhammadu Buhari at his swearing in on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
The swearing in of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting chief justice of Nigeria on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
President Muhammadu Buhari and dignatories at the swearing in of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting chief justice of Nigeria on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
President Muhammadu Buhari and dignatories at the swearing in of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the acting chief justice of Nigeria on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
L-R (front row) – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari, and the new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen after his swearing in on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
L-R: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, President Muhammadu Buhari, and the new acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen after his swearing in on Thursday, Nov 10, 2016 | State House Photo
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests when using Google Tag Manager
1 minute
_gid
ID used to identify users for 24 hours after last activity
24 hours
_ga_
ID used to identify users
2 years
_gali
Used by Google Analytics to determine which links on a page are being clicked
30 seconds
_ga
ID used to identify users
2 years
__utmx
Used to determine whether a user is included in an A / B or Multivariate test.
18 months
__utmv
Contains custom information set by the web developer via the _setCustomVar method in Google Analytics. This cookie is updated every time new data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
2 years after last activity
__utmz
Contains information about the traffic source or campaign that directed user to the website. The cookie is set when the GA.js javascript is loaded and updated when data is sent to the Google Anaytics server
6 months after last activity
__utmc
Used only with old Urchin versions of Google Analytics and not with GA.js. Was used to distinguish between new sessions and visits at the end of a session.
End of session (browser)
__utmb
Used to distinguish new sessions and visits. This cookie is set when the GA.js javascript library is loaded and there is no existing __utmb cookie. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to the Google Analytics server.
30 minutes after last activity
__utmt
Used to monitor number of Google Analytics server requests
10 minutes
__utma
ID used to identify users and sessions
2 years after last activity
_gac_
Contains information related to marketing campaigns of the user. These are shared with Google AdWords / Google Ads when the Google Ads and Google Analytics accounts are linked together.
90 days
You can find more information in our Cookie Policy and .
