The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court, pushing the number of judges of the apex court from 12 to a record 20.

The CJN presided as the eight of them, in turn, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution.

The newly inaugurated justices who were recently elevated from the Court of Appeal bench included Justices Lawal Garba (North West), Helen Ogunwumiju (South West), Abdu Aboki (North West), and M. M. Saulawa (North West).

Others are Justice Adamu Jauro (North East), Samuel Oseji (South South), Tijani Abubakar (North East) and Emmanuel Agim (South South).