LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed why he sacked the retired Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, saying that he dealt with him for having in his possession undeclared foreign and local currencies. Nigerian Tribune reports that he made the disclosure on Tuesday, June 25, while receiving some Yoruba leaders…
LAGOS JUNE10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the voluntary retirement from service of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria, effective from May 28, 2019. A statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, on Sunday said the President thanked Justice Onnoghen for his service to the Federal Republic of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected herdsmen were reported to have invaded suspended CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen’s farm. Onnoghen in a petition to Inspector-General of Police, alleged that some suspected herdsmen invaded his farm, Wanogan Farms Limited, located around the Masaka area of Nasarawa State, on Friday, February 1, 2019. In the petition signed by one of…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The counsels to suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, have said that though some of the allegations leveled against their learned colleague may be true, there is no iota of truth in the claim that he owns 50 houses. Onnoghen’s lawyers, led by Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), a former President…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)– An appeal court ruled on Wednesday that the code of conduct tribunal can try the country’s top judge, who has been suspended for allegedly breaking wealth declaration rules, according to a Reuters witness. The legal case has raised fears of interference in the Feb. 16 presidential election, after President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos-based constitutional lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to decide whether due process was observed in the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria. The lawyer, suing through Registered Trustees of Malcom Omirhobo Foundation, urged the court to declare the said suspension of…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Monday adjourned indefinitely, the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen over allegation of the charge of non declaration of his assets, slammed against him by the federal government. The indefinite adjournment by the Tribunal followed an application in that…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has reacted to the position of both the United States of America and her United Kingdom counterpart on the suspension of the country’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen. A statement by Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant on media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, said as much as Nigeria…