THE Presidency last night said that the conviction of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN Walter Onnoghen by the Code of Conduct Tribunal CCT, was a major victory for the anti-corruption policy of the Buhari administration.

The embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has approached the Court of Appeal in Abuja, adducing 16 grounds why his conviction by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, should be vacated.

ABUJA- The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will react formally to Thursday’s sacking of The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen, National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan has said.

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to Dr. Muhammed Isah, Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) urging him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently provide information on specific details of asset declarations submitted to the CCB by successive presidents and state governors since the return of democracy in 1999.”

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on all the six-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him.

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, Thursday has convicted the resigned Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen for breaching the code of conduct for public officers.

The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday ordered the forfeiture of all money in the account of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, which he did not declare.

There is palpable anxiety within the judiciary, as the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT is set to deliver judgment on the non-assets declaration charge the Federal Government preferred against the resigned Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Monday, berated the Federal Government for alleging that he confessed to the non-asset declaration of assets charge that resulted to his removal from office by President Muhammadu Buhari.

A political activist and an ally of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has said that the presidency has been finally caught in what he described as ‘freudian slip’, following the revelations by the Personal Assistant to the President on Social Media Lauretta Onochie and the President’s campaign spokesman Festus Keyamo, regarding their principal and the former CJN Walter Onnoghen.

ABUJA—The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has fixed Thursday to deliver judgment on the non assets declaration charge the Federal Government preferred against the resigned Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

Nurudeen Ogbara, a constitutional  lawyer and human rights activist,  believes the National Judicial Council, NJC intervention in Onnoghen’s case has brought decency and sanctity to the process and therefore be commended. In this interview with Saturday Vanguard, the former chairman of Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Ikorodu branch, Lagos state, who was the Secretary of National Association of Democratic lawyers, and a Director, Citizens Assistance Center, also said the current travails of the President of NBA, Paul Usoro were politically motivated and an attempt by some elements to weaken the Bar.

If you terrorise, intimidate, harass and humiliate the judiciary, using strong hand and brute force, it is a stage set for bidding democracy farewell.

By Prince Ugo The embattled former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, is a lucky man. Never in the history of Nigeria has a court case wrongly attracted so much national and international attention in favour of the accused like his case of alleged false assets declaration and the abuse of the […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has accused the National Judicial Council, NJC, of bias in handling the case against the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.