Reports just received say that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, has resigned.
Justice Muhammad resigned on Sunday night, citing ill-health.
Information also has it that arrangements are ongoing to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
According to reports, a formal announcement will be made shortly.
Until his resignation, reports had it that Justice Muhammad was seriously ill.
Last week 14 justices of the Supreme Court had written him a letter to lament the decrepit state of affairs in the apex court.