Human right activist, Femi Falana(SAN) is the latest to weigh in on the crisis rocking the judiciary system as a result of the suspended former chief justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
The legal luminary who was speaking as a guest at the popular Channels television programme ‘ Politics …...
Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, has asked Justice Walter Onnoghen to quit the bench, following the allegations levelled against him at the code of conduct tribunal.
The human rights activist made this call on Sunday while …
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lauded the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union for standing with Nigeria in its trying times.
In a statement personally signed by him, the former Nigerian vice president wrote, “My thanks...
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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...
Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has described the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo as an embarrassment to the law profession.
He anchored his claim on Osinbajo’s silence over the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen. Fayose urged relevant authority to...
Youths from Ijaw speaking part of the country have described the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen, as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, by President Muhammadu Buhari, as apt, timely and welcome development.....
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The federal government has reacted to the public outcry against the suspension of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Many Nigerians, as well as the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom have condemned the development. The Minister...
The senator representing Bayelsa East constituency in the senate, Ben Murray Bruce, has weighed in on the ongoing crisis rocking the judiciary which saw the chief justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, suspended.
The outspoken lawmaker who reacted by taking to his Twitter handle thanked the...
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Hundreds of civil society leaders, lawyers and opposition politicians stormed the United States, U.S. embassy in Abuja on Saturday.
The protesters demanded that the U.S intervene in the “constitutional crisis” ignited by President Muhammadu Buhari with the removal of Walter Onnoghen as Chief...
The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, CACOL, has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, with mixed feelings.
In a press release issued to DAILY POST on Friday by Ikenna Aghagbobi, the Media and Publications Officer of CACOL, the Centre...
Former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Judge of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen.
Justice Onnoghen was suspended on Friday by President Muhammadu who said he acted on an order of Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.....
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When I warned my colleagues in the opposition that we were dealing with a fascistic monster in Buhari they did not believe me, they laughed me to scorn and accused me of being an alarmist.
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A constitutional lawyer, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has described the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as totally illegal and unconstitutional.
Ozekhome in a statement on Friday he said the provisions of the constitution on appointment and removal of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) was clear...
Reacting yesterday, Buhari’s major rival in the forthcoming presidential election, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP described it as an act of desperation given that the president moved just as Onnoghen made plans to inaugurate the election tribunals today....
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Senate President Bukola Saraki has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Walter Onoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari, as a coup against democracy and a deliberate attempt to endanger our hard-won democracy.
Saraki, in a statement personally signed by him...
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 …
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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.
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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 …
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