Tag: Trial
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Alleged N7.2bn fraud: Court awaits fresh instructions to continue Kalu’s trial
Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday said that the court would await further directives to proceed with the trial of a former Governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, facing charges of N7.2 billion fraud. Kalu, a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress was alleged to have committed the…
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Alleged False Asset Declaration: CJN Onnoghen absent again as Tribunal resumes hearing
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen was absent from court again on Monday, as the Code of Conduct Tribunal resumed hearing of a case of alleged false asset declaration against him. Onnoghen is facing six charges of alleged false declaration of assets. He was first due for arraignment on January 14, but he…
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A’Court fixes date for hearing of CJN Onnoghen’s appeal against trial
The Court of Appeal Abuja on Monday fixed January 24 to hear a notice of appeal seeking to restrain the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Counsel to Onnoghen, Chief Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN), had filed the appeal challenging the January 14 decision of the tribunal…
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FG tells Tribunal to order CJN Onnoghen to step aside before trial
The federal government on Sunday demanded the removal from office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, in the false asset charges it filed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). According to the second request, made through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, the government wants the embattled CJN to step…
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JUST IN: APC condemns Onnoghen’s absence in court, insists CJN must face trial
The ruling All Progressives Congress (AP) on Monday condemned the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen while insisting that the embattled CJN must face his corruption trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The ruling party said the noise being made by the Peoples Democratic Party and some elements in the bar…
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BREAKING: Tribunal adjourns till Jan 22 for hearing on CJN Onnoghen’s trial
The first hearing in the false asset declaration suit filed against Chief Justice of the Federation (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen opened on Monday at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) in Abuja has been adjourned till January 22 (Next week Tuesday). The scheduled trial, which has sparked reactions across the the country with many accusing…
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Alleged false asset declaration: APC defends trial as CJN Onnoghen appears before CCT today
…Blasts PDP for defending ‘corruption’ The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared support for the planned arraignment on Monday of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen and accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of being sympathetic to corruption for calling against the plan. Recall that the CJN is scheduled to be arraigned by…
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Onnoghen: Opposition parties, Sagay, NBA, others react to pending trial at CCT
Barring a late minute change, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Nkanu Onnoghen, has a date in court in Abuja tomorrow for alleged failure to declare some of his assets, including about $3million. Onnoghen is scheduled to be arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT). The Federal Government has already filed a…
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![[Photo] Meet die hard Buhari supporter behind CJN’s petition, trial at CCT](https://thenewsguru.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/buhari-and-Aghanya-653x365-1.jpg)
[Photo] Meet die hard Buhari supporter behind CJN’s petition, trial at CCT
Dennis Aghanya, the Executive Secretary of the Anti-Corruption Research and Data-Based Initiative, is the author of the petition to the Code of Conduct Tribunal in which he alleged the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, failed to declare his assets. The petitioner is one of the founding members of the Buhari Organisation and he…
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Buhari not behind Onnoghen’s trial at CCT – Presidency
…says Buhari still in shock over CJN’s planned trial The Special Adviser to the President on Politics, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, said last night that President Muhammadu Buhari did not ask the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to resign. Ojudu made the clarification in a comment posted on CACOL WhatsApp group. It was the…