Kolade Johnson: Dismissed police officer arraigned in court (Guardian) Lagos State Police Command on Friday said the officer who shot Kolade Johnson to death on Sunday has been arraigned in court. “Today 5th April 2019 … our Criminal Investigation Department,…
Suspended CJN Onnoghen resigns (Punch)
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, has resigned, a senior lawyer in his legal team confirmed on Friday. “I have just spoken with him. He confirmed to me that he resigned voluntarily yesterday (Thursday),” the senior advocate who…
Onnoghen closes his case at CCT (Punch)
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Wednesday, rested his case in his ongoing trial on charges of false and non-declaration of assets. The development came as a surprise as the defendant, whose lawyer, Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN),…
EFCC traces lawyer’s ‘car gift’ to Onnoghen (Vanguard)
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has traced a car, allegedly owned by Walter Onnoghen, the embattled chief justice of Nigeria, CJN, to Joe Agi, a senior advocate of Nigeria, SAN. The anti-graft agency said it believed that the alleged…
Probe: Onnoghen likely to face fresh criminal charges (Nation)
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen may face two fresh trials on alleged huge deposits in his accounts. There were indications that Justice Onnoghen might be tried for alleged several breaches of the criminal and anti-corruption laws,…
My asset declaration forms were tampered with, Onnoghen tells CCT (Channels TV)
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has alleged that the two asset declaration forms he submitted to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) have been tampered with. Justice Onnoghen made the allegation on Monday in Abuja…
Onnoghen absent from CCT over toothache, high blood pressure (Punch)
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was absent from the Tuesday’s proceedings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, where he has been charged with six counts of non-declaration of assets. Explaining his absence to the three-man Bench…
Onnoghen arrives CCT (Guardian)
Suspended Nigeria’s chief justice Walter Onnoghen has arrived at the Code of Conduct Tribunal where is facing trial for non-declaration of assets when he became the country’s top judge in 2016. The tribunal chairman Danladi Umar Wednesday ordered the inspector-general…
Onnoghen: Senate discontinues Supreme Court case (Nation)
The Senate Monday ordered the discontinuation of the case it filed at the Supreme Court on the suspension of Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen. The upper chamber said that its decision to discontinue the case followed the intervention of the National…
Lawyers ignore NBA’s boycott order (Guardian)
Some members of the Nigerian Bar Association ignored the orders of the association to boycott courts for two days to protest the suspension of Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. The NBA arrived at the resolution at its National Executive Council…