Nigeria, July 7 -- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed 11 judges for FCT High Court. This was contained in a letter to the Senate seeking confirmation of the appointment.

The letter was read out by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the start of plenary on Tuesday.

They include Abubakar Useni Musa (Adamawa), Edward Okpe (Benue), B. Abubakar (Borno) M. Francis (Delta) and Jude Nwabueze (Delta).

Others are Josephine Enobi (Edo), Christopher Opeyemi (Ekiti), Mohammed Idris (Kano), Hassan Maryam Aliyu (Kebbi), Fasola Akeem Adebowale (Lagos) and Hamza Muazu (Niger).

The appointment, he said, is in accordance with section 256(2) of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria as amended.

The president, in another letter...