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The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has adjourned the case against Walter Onnoghen, suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), till February 13. The adjournment was sequel to the application of Adeboyega Awomolo, counsel to Onnoghen. The ex-CJN was absent at the tribunal like he was on previous...

The police have early Monday sealed off the office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, who was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari, last Friday, sources at the Supreme Court have informed The PUNCH. Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate to a meeting at the Presidential Villa on Monday (today) over Onnoghen’s suspension. READ MORE

The controversial suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari has continued to elicit mixed reactions. In removing Mr Onnoghen, Mr Buhari claimed he acted based on a Code of Conduct Tribunal order. Many Nigerians, however, believe the president...

The Presidency has given reason the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen was suspended. Onnoghen was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. Buhari’s media aide, Bashir Ahmaad disclosed this on his Twitter page. Giving reasons for CJN’s suspension, Ahmaad said...

Aliu Umar, the Nigerian government prosecutor in the ongoing trial of Chief Justice Walter Onnoghen, said on Tuesday that the government wants the judge out of office. Mr Umar, in his opening address at the resumed hearing in the matter, said Mr Onnoghen had been written, and wondered whether...

Buhari Not Aware of Allegations Against CJN, Onnoghen Until Saturday – Osinbajo By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has absolved his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari of pre-arranging the trial of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen before the Code of Conduct...

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says President Muhammadu Buhari did not know about plan to arraign Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), until Saturday evening. Osinbajo said this on Wednesday while speaking at the third Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) conference in...

ABUJA – The Federal Government has employed the services of a former Commissioner of Justice in Kano State, Alhaji Aliyu Umar, to head the team to prosecute the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, over his alleged refusal to declare his assets Read More

Ike Ekweremadu, deputy Senate President, has advised the federal government to withdraw the corruption charges against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Mr Onnoghen is scheduled for arraignment before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday, January 14, for allegedly omitting to...

Mr Onnoghen said he forgot to update his asset declaration, after the expiration of ... Read more via Tori News – http://bit.ly/2RJxhT3

THE CHARGE AND PLANNED ARRAIGNMENT OF THE HON. CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER ONOGHEN BEFORE THE CODE OF CONDUCT TRIBUNAL Our attention has been drawn to the trending news that the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onoghen, has been charged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Read more via Premium...

No fewer than 150 Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, have volunteered to defend the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen, on Monday. Justice Onnoghen will appear before the Justice Danladi Yakubu led-Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT on Monday. The Federal ... Read...

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, said that purported attempt by the present administration is a move pregnant with negative meaning. In a statement credited to him, Atiku Abubakar said, “I have received the news of the...

The Code of Conduct Bureau has slammed corruption charges against the Chief Justice of Nigeria at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, court documents showed. Walter Onnoghen became the Chief Justice in March 2017, less than six months after the homes of several Read more via Premium Times...

A leading multinational oil trading firm in the country, Petrocam Trading Nigeria Limited has petitioned the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Walter S. N. Onnoghen and National Judicial Council (NJC) over what it described as “perceived abuse and reckless use of judicial powers to oppress...

Just as we were settled for the discussion of this topic, the Senate announced the receipt of a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari asking it to approve and confirm the appointment of Justice Adamu Abdu-Kafarati as substantive Chief Judge of the Federal High Court. This is coming nine …...

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday vowed to wield the big stick against any court official involved in the leakage of rulings and judgments to litigants. The CJN, who spoke at the opening ceremony of a National Workshop for Information and … Read more via...

Ade Adesomoju, Abuja The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Thursday admonished judges to be wary of the antics of politicians as Nigeria gradually stepped closer to the 2019 general elections. Speaking in Abuja while declaring open this year’s edition of the Annual Conference...