The trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Walter Onnoghen resumed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, (CCT) on Monday with the first prosecution witness testifying against the CJN. Mr James Apala, a Senior Investigation Officer of the Code of Conduct Bureau told the tribunal that the suspended CJN submitted two assets […]
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Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, Mr. Danladi Umar, has challenged the powers of any organ of the judiciary to query his actions with respect to the ongoing trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen. Umar, who is presiding over the three-member panel tribunal that is handling the […]
Read More The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, cleared the coast for the Federal Government to open its case against suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The appellate court, in a unanimous ruling by a three-man panel, declined to stop further proceedings in the […]
Read More The Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja, has adjourned further proceedings on the non assets declaration charge the Federal Government filed against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, indefinitely. The Mr. Danladi Umar-led tribunal said its decision to suspend Justice Onnoghen’s trial was based on the order of the […]
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Leader of the Senate was on Wednesday cleared of corruption charges, ending of one of the most high-profile trials in President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft campaign. Lawyers for Bukola Saraki argued prosecutors had failed to establish a case alleging that he made a false declaration of his assets before and after his tenure as governor of […]
Read More There were indications at the weekend that the charges of false assets declaration, preferred against Senate President Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Samuel Madujomo, may be amended again. According to Vanguardngr, it learnt this in apparent reaction to what was the performance of the CCB witness at the hearing said to have […]
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has again affirmed the jurisdiction of the Code of Conduct Tribunal to try the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki on charges bordering on assets declaration breaches before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Saraki, the Justice Abdul Aboki-led panel of the appeal court […]
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Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Peter Godsday Orubebe, was today found guilty by the Code of Conduct Tribunal over false assets declaration. Tribunal chairman, Mr Danladi Umar, held that “Plot 2075” located in Asokoro District of the FCT which Orubebe failed to declare stood forfeited. “The tribunal has taken time to review all the […]
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