The National Judicial Council (NJC) has on Monday, commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s acceptance of the voluntary retirement of ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Before his retirement, Mr Onnoghen was being tried by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) for alleged false assets declaration. Mr Onnoghen wrote a retirement letter in April after he was … Read more
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has okayed the voluntary retirement Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, adding that the retirement took effect from May 28, 2019. According to Mr Shehu, the President thanked Justice Onnoghen … Read more
In what is not totally an unsurprising twist in a long-running saga, suspended Walter Onnoghen has tendered his resignation as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) with immediate effect, The embattled Justice, who has been in the eye of the storm since last year, reportedly turned in his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday evening, … Read more
…as Onnoghen’s lawyer, Awomolo, describes FG as accuser, investigator, prosecutor, witness, judge The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday, opened his defence to the allegation that he failed to declare his assets as prescribed by the law, as a witness narrated to the Code of Conduct Tribunal( CCT) how he … Read more
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to end the “unjust persecution of the Chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen”. The body also accused both the hierarchies of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Court of Appeal as well as the acting CJN, Tanko Mohammed, of … Read more
Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, yesterday entered his defense as he brought in the first defence witness to court. Defense counsel, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), led in evidence one Lawal Busari, who is Justice Onnoghen’s driver. In his evidence, Busari told the court how he drove Onnoghen to the Code of Conduct … Read more