President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of a new Justice for the Supreme Court.
The new man, Justice Amiru Sanusi now raised the number of Justices of the Supreme Court to 18.
The National Judicial Council (NJC) in a statement Tuesday, confirmed the appointment.
NJC’s Acting Director Information, Soji Oye said in the statement that Justice Sanusi will be sworn-in on Thursday by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), who is also the Chairman of the NJC, Mahmud Mohammed, at 11 am in the Supreme Court Complex.