Detectives have reportedly found more “suspicious” funds in Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen’s accounts, according to TheNation.
There are also “suspicious” transactions, including an $800,000 Standard Chartered Bank investment subscription, the report said. Also found is...
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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) yesterday alleged that the Presidency and some top APC Chieftains are plotting to arrest the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday “and replace with …
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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 …
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Nyesome Wike, Rivers State Governor, has alleged that Rotimi Amaechi, Transportation Minister, was behind plots to remove Walter Onnoghen, embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Mr Wike made the claim on Thursday at the campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) …
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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...
Femi Fani-Kayode, former minister of aviation, has backtracked on his allegation that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was planning to arrest Walter Onnoghen, chief justice of Nigeria (CJN).
Fani-Kayode on Tuesday alleged that operatives of the anti-graft agency had...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will file a libel suit against Femi Fani-Kayode, Yinka Odumakin “and other purveyors of the evil news”, over claims that the agency raided the house of Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
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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 …...
The National Industrial Court has issued a restraining order against the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) stopping it from proceeding with the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
Mr Onnoghen is being prosecuted by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) on six counts, for alleged …...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has said that the law must run its course even in the charges preferred against the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.
In a statement on Monday signed by APC spokesperson, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the ruling party said its position is in...
The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday, refused to appear before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) sitting in Abuja, where he was billed to be arraigned by the Federal Government over alleged non-declaration of his assets.
The Federal Government had filed a …...
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus, on Sunday warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to plunge the nation into crisis saying his party is ready to resist him.
Mr Secondus’ statement came on the heels of the upcoming arraignment of the Chief Justice of...
Here are details of a statement given by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, to the Code of Conduct Bureau which is accusing him of false asset declaration.
In one note, CJN Onnoghen said he “forgot to update his asset declaration, after the expiration of his 2005 declaration”.Mr …...
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