Tag: CCT Trial
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CCT Trial: FG seeks conviction as Onnoghen maintains innocence
The Federal Government is seeking a jail sentence for the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen in his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal( CCT). But Onnoghen who is accused of failing to declare his assets immediately after assuming office is pleading with the tribunal to set him free. The charges…
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CCT Trial: El-Rufai knocks Onnoghen, says even Dangote can’t forget $1m in account
…Insists CJN must go Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Friday dismissed as untenable alleged claim by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN),Justice Walter Onnoghen that he (Onnoghen) forgot to declare $3million dollars in his accounts. El-Rufai said in Kaduna that even Alhaji Alio Dangote with all his wealth cannot forget $1million in…
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BREAKING: CJN Onnoghen absent in court as CCT trial commences [Photos]
…as legal team storms court for his defence The proceedings of the arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, has started but the embattled CJN was yet to arrive. The members of the Danladi Umar-led three-man tribunal arrived in the courtroom at exactly 10am. At 10.01am, the matter was called. The…
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Onnoghen’s CCT trial: South South Governors hold emergency meeting today
Six governors of the South-South region have called an emergency meeting to discuss the planned arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen. The governors said they felt duty-bound to prevent the development from escalating in a country with jarring ethnic and tribal fault lines. “It is a grave and dangerous escalation,…
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Opposition parties reject Onnoghen’s CCT trial, plan one million-man march
…Says Buhari was never comforted appointing him CJN Opposition parties on the platform of the Coalition of United Political Parties are planning a one-million-man march to protest the planned trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. The coalition’s first national spokesperson, Imo Ugochinyere, disclosed this in…
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CCT: Again, absence of prosecution witnesses stalls Saraki’s trial
The absence of prosecution witnesses on Thursday in Abuja at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) again stalled the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Senate President is standing trial over alleged false assets declaration while serving as governor of Kwara . The trial had suffered similar fate between April 18…
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Another CCB official indicts Saraki, says ‘you didn’t declare London properties’
The trial of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB maybe far from over as another official of the Bureau, Samuel Madojemu, insisted on Wednesday that he (Saraki) failed to declare a London property which he acquired through mortgage in 2010. Madojemu, who is the Head, Intelligence Unit of…
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CCT Trial: FG moves to amend charges against Saraki
The Federal Government on Tuesday informed the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, of its interest to amend the charges against the president of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Saraki is currently facing a 16-count charge for false asset declaration before the Danladi Umar-led tribunal sitting in Abuja. The Federal Government had in…