Former CJN Onnoghen discharged, acquitted by Appeal Court

Nigeria’s Court of Appeal, Abuja division, on Monday, overturned the conviction by the Umar Danladi Code of Conduct Tribunal, which found former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, guilty of false asset declaration. In a judgment, the appellate court discharged and acquitted Onnoghen from the conviction delivered against him by the Code of […]

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I was removed as CJN because of Atiku ―Onnoghen, ex-CJN says

Immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen (rtd) on Friday broke silence on why the President Muhammad Buhari led APC government unceremoniously removed him from office in 2019. At a book launch he attended with his wife on Friday, Onnoghen, revealed that prior to his removal, there had been rumour […]

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CCT breaches its own rules and procedure -Onnoghen

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Friday, accused the  Code of Conduct Tribunal of not following its set Standard Operation Procedures in instituting the assets declaration case against him. Onnoghen made the accusation during his resumed trial in Abuja. NAN reports that Onnoghen is being arraigned at the CCT following a charge […]

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Onnoghen, Adeleke and Tales of Man’s Inhumanity to Man, By Dele Momodu

Fellow Nigerians, please don’t get it wrong, I’m not a Judge and I’m not about to deliver a judgment in favour of the ‘suspended’ Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. I lack such capacity and jurisdiction. Besides, as the lawyers say, the matter is ‘sub judice’ i.e. under judicial consideration and therefore not meant for […]

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