Walter Onnoghen

The Supreme Court on Monday struck out a referral appeal praying the court to determine the constitutionality or otherwise of the removal of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The referral appeal filed by Dr Samuel…

The Senate has gone into an executive session to confirm Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The confirmation was included in the Order Paper of the day. It was, thus, expected that Mr Tanko will be…

The Supreme Court has struck out a motion filed by the Rivers State Government challenging the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria. The court on Friday said it lacked jurisdiction to entertain the matter and…

The Court of Appeal’s decision to deliver its ruling after the winding up of the Code of Conduct Tribunal’s trial of embattled former chief justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, is unfortunate, Access to Justice has said. The group, a…

A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal on Friday declined ruling on the status of the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal suspending the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. Mr Onnoghen was suspended on January 25,…

A group of Bauchi lawyers has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Justice Ibrahim Tanko as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. The lawyers under the aegis of ‘Body of Bauchi Lawyers of Conscience (BOBOLAC) also urged the…

Some Nigerian lawyers have reacted to the conviction of the embattled Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The CCT, led by Danladi Umar, convicted Mr Onnoghen for his failure to declare some…

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Okon Efut, who led the former Chief Justice of Nigeria Walter Onnoghen’s defence team at Thursday’s judgment proceedings of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, has indicated that the conviction of the former CJN…

The National Judicial Council says it has reached decisions on the petitions written against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and the justice acting in his stead, Tanko Muhammad. The decisions have been…

The suspended Chief Justice Of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, on Monday opened his defence at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) by calling his first witness, Lawal Olanrewaju. The CCT, in a ruling read by its chairman, Danladi Umar, on the…