The Justices about to be elevated to the Supreme Court.

AHMED BELGORE AND PAUL ADAMU GALINJE CONSIDER FOR ELEVATION TO SUPREME COURT The National Judicial Council was in full attendance at the commencement of the its meeting on Wednesday, where appointment of two new justices for the Supreme Court was considered. The two justices are to replace retiring Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Mahmud, who is exiting on November 10, 2016 and Justice Suleiman Galadima from Nasarawa State, who is retiring on October 10, 2016. At the meeting of the Federal Judicial Service Commission (FJSC) penultimate Thursday, the lucky nominees, whose names were sent to the council, are said to be Justices Paul Adamu Galinje and Ahmad Olarewaju Belgore of the Court of Appeal. While Galinje is expected to replace Mahmud who is from the North-East zone, Belgore, from Kwara, will take the North-Central zone slot being vacated by Galadima. New judges to complement the National Industrial Court bench were also reportedly considered by the council on Wednesday. With the imminent exit of the council secretary, Alhaji Halilu Danladi, the process of replacing him has also seen nomination closing effectively last Friday. About five nominees are reportedly fully in the race to occupy the highest administrative position in the judiciary and second most important in the entire judicial sector after the CJN. The holder is in charge of the entire judiciary budget and reports to the CJN. The nominees in the race reportedly include the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Ahmed Saleh Gambo; Chief Registrar of the Court of Appeal, Aliyu Ibrahim; secretary of the Body of Benchers, Mrs H Turaki and the secretary of the National Judicial Institute, Abba Maidama. FJSC is expected to screen and interview them in the early days of October.