The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, congratulated the nominee on the new elevation and commended the committee for a job well done.
A spokesman for the Supreme Court was unavailable Friday afternoon.
Motorists are diverting to alternative routes as security agencies try to restore calm to the areas.
The minister said the owners’ rights to the lands were revoked because they failed to develop them in contravention of the Land Use Act of 1978.
The apex court upheld a much earlier ruling by the Appeal Court in Calabar that the selection process of the Obong was marred with irregularities.
Peoples Gazette had obtained and published an internal memo detailing the complaints of associate justices to the Chief Justice of the Federation.
Two films about late Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are being re-released in US movie theatres with proceeds going to support women’s rights groups, producers said on Tuesday
