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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 …...