The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned.
Justice Muhammad resigned on sunday on grounds of ill-health.
Reports says there is ongoing arrangements to swear in the next most senior justice of the Supreme Court Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Until his resignation, reports had it that Justice Tanko Muhammed was seriously ill.
Only last week, 14 justices of the Supreme Court had written him a letter lamenting the decrepit state of affairs in the court.