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President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the names of two judges to the Senate to be confirmed and appointed as Justices of the Supreme Court.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read the letter conveying the request after the Senate returned from a closed-door session on Tuesday.
The nominated judges are Sidi Bage from Nasarawa State and Paul Jauro from Taraba State.
Mr. Jauro, who was born on June 26, 1954, became a judge of the High Court in 1998. Ten years afterwards, he was appointed Justice of the Court Appeal.
Mr. Bage, born on June 22, 1956, became Federal High Court Judge in 1992 before his appointment as Justice of the Court of Appeal in 2000.
The two Judges had been recommended for appointment as Justices of the Supreme Court by the National Judicial Council.
Their nominations comes amid a clampdown on allegedly corrupt judges in the High, Appeal, and the Supreme Courts, by the State Security Service.
Seven judges were arrested between Friday and Saturday in a midnight raid that took place across the country. They were granted bail on Monday on self-recognisance.