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  1. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Fani-Kayode reacts as CCT bans Onnoghen from holding public office, confiscates funds – Daily Post Nigeria

    Femi Fani-Kayode, former Aviation Minister, has reacted to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, judgement against the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, over alleged non-asset declaration. DAILY POST had reported that the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Thursday, in its...
  2. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Falana Asks FG to Withdraw Case against Onnoghen – Thisdaylive

    Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has advised the federal government to withdraw the criminal charges filed against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The admonition came as Rivers State … Read more via Thisdaylive – http://bit.ly/2S8VraJ Get...
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    Politics EU Questions Buhari over CJN Onnoghen’s Suspension – Olisa.tv

    The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) has raised concern with the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. In a statement on Saturday, the mission questioned the process and timing of the suspension of Justice Onnoghen by President Muhammadu...
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    Politics How Onnoghen’s trouble started – The Nation Nigeria

    Until Saturday, January 11, 2019, not many Nigerians would have heard of the name Anti-Corruption And Research-Based Data Initiative (ARDI). It was on that day that the news broke of the petition filed by the civil rights group against the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),Justice Walter...
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    Politics APC supports Onnoghen’s removal – The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper

    The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has thrown its weight behind suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari. APC’s National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said the party, which had last week insisted … Read more...
  6. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Appeal Court orders CCT to stay proceedings in CJN’s trial – Newtelegraph

    The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division yesterday ordered the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja to stay proceedings in the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen over non-declaration of assets charge. The order of the court was sequel to … Read more...
  7. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Falana Speaks On CJN: Presidency Shouldn’t Be In A Hurry & Engage In Jungle Justice – OluFamous.Com

    Here’s a brief excerpt of the position of Femi Falana (SAN): You described the charges against the CJN as illegal, saying he ought to be reported to the NJC. If the CJN is taken before the NJC do you think that the outcome will be objective?Since fidelity to the … Read more via...
  8. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro CCT: Members split on stopping CJN’s trial – Newtelegraph

    Members of the Code of T r i b u n a l sitting in Abuja yesterday disagreed over the validity of about three different orders restraining the Tribunal from further proceeding with the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen over non … Read more via Newtelegraph –...
  9. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro CCT Rejects Court Orders Stopping Onnoghen’s Trial – Nairaland

    The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Tuesday rejected the Federal High Court, Abuja, and National Industrial Court of Nigeria’s orders stopping the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen is facing trial for alleged false declaration of assets. The CCT also held that the...
  10. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Appeal Court to hear CJN’s appeal Thursday – The Nation Nigeria

    The Court of Appeal in Abuja yesterday fixed Thursday for hearing in the appeal filed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, against his planned trial before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). A three-man panel of the Appellate Court, led by Justice Abdu … Read...
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    Metro Justice Onnoghen: Prof. Sagay gives reasons CJN can’t be tried by NJC – Daily Post Nigeria

    The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay, has given reasons the National Judicial Council, NJC, lacked the powers to try the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN Walter Onnoghen, SAN. Sagay noted that the Code of Conduct Bureau Act...
  12. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro CJN Trial: Body of SANs call for respect of Constitution, rule of law – Newtelegraph

    The Body of Senior Advocates of Nigeria BOSAN yesterday called for the respect of the Nigerian Constitution and rule of law in the ongoing trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. The Federal Government have slammed a six count criminal charge on … Read more via...
  13. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Amaechi describes Wike’s allegations as ‘blatant lies’ – Newtelegraph

    The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, yesterday reacted to allegations made by Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday that Amaechi was behind the travails of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. A statement from the minister’s Media Office said the allegations are...
  14. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro Justice Onnoghen: Why CJN must appear before CCT – Muslim group – Daily Post Nigeria

    Islamic human rights organization, the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has insisted that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, must face trial. According to the group, the evidence was too overwhelming and the onus was on the CJN to prove his innocence. More than 45 legal … Read...
  15. Nigeria Political News

    Politics Onnoghen and Buhari’s Warped War On Corruption, By Majeed Dahiru – Premium Times Opinion

    The outrage that greeted this latest ugly incidence of executive terrorism against the judiciary is simply because of the current administration’s selective war on corruption, which appears to only target individuals opposed to Buhari’s misrule. The scourge of corruption in Nigeria has grown...
  16. Nigeria Metro News

    Metro FG freezes Chief Justice of Nigeria’s five accounts – Instablog9ja

    The federal government has asked the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) to freeze the bank accounts of Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The office of Abubakar Malami, the attorney-general of the federation, said the demand was in line with a presidential executive...
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    Politics How Chief Justice Onnoghen’s asset disclosure trial unfolded on first day – Premium Times Nigeria

    The first day of Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen’s alleged false asset disclosure trial took off rapidly on Monday morning, as the prosecution used the top jurist’s absence to begin mapping out a case for suspicious financial dealings against him. Mr Onnoghen is the first chief justice of …...
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