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 …
Read More »NJC may sack Onnoghen, Mohammed to end crisis
The National Judicial Council (NJC) yesterday gave the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen and the one acting, Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed, a-week ultimatum to respond to the allegations of corruption and professional misconduct levelled against them. Due to the gravity of the allegations, the NJC abridged the time …
Read More »Buhari’s Ag. CJN Appoints 10 Dead Judges Among Newly Appointed Election Petition Tribunals’ Members
Lawyers in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, have alerted on the appointment of dead and retired judges as members of the recently sworn-in 250 election tribunal members. The group of concerned lawyers who declined being identified faulted the list of the recently sworn in 250-tribunal members as parading over …
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