Walter Onnoghen – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:50:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png Walter Onnoghen – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 Onnoghen Finally Opens Up On Why Buhari Sacked Him As CJN https://www.theinfostride.com/onnoghen-finally-opens-up-on-why-buhari-sacked-him-as-cjn/ https://www.theinfostride.com/onnoghen-finally-opens-up-on-why-buhari-sacked-him-as-cjn/#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:30:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=287803 Walter Onnoghen, former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, on Friday opened up on why the Federal Government removed him from office in 2019 unceremoniously. Onnoghen said he was removed from office due to rumours from the Executive that he had a meeting with former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, preparatory [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/onnoghen-finally-opens-up-on-why-buhari-sacked-him-as-cjn/feed/ 0 EFCC Must Continue Walter Onnoghen’s Case – BMO https://www.theinfostride.com/efcc-must-continue-walter-onnoghens-case-bmo/ Thu, 11 Apr 2019 02:52:38 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=230820 The Buhari Media Organisation has urged EFCC and the Code of Conduct Bureau to keep going after former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and ensure he is not left alone until a logical conclusion is reached, even after his recent resignation. They organisation revealed this in a recent statement to journalists in Abuja by [...]

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]]> FG Has Failed To Present Any Credible Evidence Against Me – Walter Onnoghen https://www.theinfostride.com/fg-has-failed-to-present-any-credible-evidence-against-me-walter-onnoghen/ Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:11:52 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=229629 Suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen has said he has no case to answer as regards the six-count charge the Federal Government preferred against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, in Abuja. Walter Onnoghen is facing trial over allegations that he did not declare his assets and went against what [...]

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]]> The World Is Leaving Nigeria Behind – Simi https://www.theinfostride.com/the-world-is-leaving-nigeria-behind-simi/ Sun, 27 Jan 2019 17:00:35 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225996 Newly weded singer, Simi has gone on twitter to rant about those that jump on social media to make fun of socio-political issues all in the name of banter. She also blasted those who focus on less important issues when bigger problems continue to trouble Nigeria. Although she mentioned no one, her rant might be [...]

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]]> I Did Not Condemn Walter Onnoghen’s Suspension – Aisha Buhari https://www.theinfostride.com/i-did-not-condemn-walter-onnoghens-suspension-aisha-buhari/ Sun, 27 Jan 2019 13:49:23 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225961 Aisha Buhari has denied condemning the recent suspension of former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen. Mrs Buhari in a statement through her Director, Information, Mr Suleiman Haruna, on Sunday in Abuja, described the news was not true. After taking a note on the post being circulated social media saying she condemned the suspension [...]

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]]> Walter Onnoghen’s Suspension Is A Threat To Nigeria’s Democracy – Kingsley Moghalu https://www.theinfostride.com/walter-onnoghens-suspension-is-a-threat-to-nigerias-democracy-kingsley-moghalu/ Sat, 26 Jan 2019 19:49:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225946 The presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), Prof. Kingsely Moghalu has condemned the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. On Friday, January 25, 2019, President Buhari announced the suspension of the CJN, who has been accused of failing to declare his assets. Moghalu, in a statement issued to newsmen, [...]

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]]> Walter Onnoghen’s Suspension Is Not Constitutional – Oby Ezekwesili https://www.theinfostride.com/walter-onnoghens-suspension-is-not-constitutional-oby-ezekwesili/ Sat, 26 Jan 2019 19:40:27 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225938 Oby Ezekwesili has reacted to the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. Onnoghen was suspended on Friday, January 25, 2019, following allegations that he failed to declare his assets. Ezekwesili, in a statement issued on Twitter, accused President Buhari of abusing the principle of separation of power. She also called on [...]

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]]> Walter Onnoghen’s Suspension As Anti-Democratic – Atiku https://www.theinfostride.com/walter-onnoghens-suspension-as-anti-democratic-atiku/ Sat, 26 Jan 2019 19:37:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225937 Atiku Abubakar has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. His words, ““The purported suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari, is an anti-democratic act which I reject in its entirety and call on Justice Onnoghen and the judiciary to resist with every legal and constitutional [...]

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]]> Buhari Knew About Walter Onnoghen’s Arraignment – PDP https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-knew-about-walter-onnoghens-arraignment-pdp/ Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:33:15 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=225555 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has blasted a statement made by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on the arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. Osinbajo, on Wednesday, January 16, 2018, in Abuja, said that President Buhari knew nothing about the petition against the CJN, until Saturday, January 12, 2019, when most Nigerians know. [...]

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]]> Nigerian Judiciary Can Stand Out – Justice Walter Onnoghen https://www.theinfostride.com/nigerian-judiciary-can-stand-out-justice-walter-onnoghen/ Mon, 07 May 2018 12:29:48 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=206265 Justice Walter Onnoghen has said judges cannot form an association to speak for them when under attack because their mandate is adjudication, not advocacy. “This is like what the Nigeria Bar Association does for lawyers, since sitting judicial officers cannot grant media interviews. “The judge’s position was that periodic press statements issued after the meetings [...]

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]]> A Judge’s Mandate Is Adjudication, Not Advocacy – Justice Walter Onnoghen https://www.theinfostride.com/a-judges-mandate-is-adjudication-not-advocacy-justice-walter-onnoghen/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 18:38:05 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=205689 Justice Walter Onnoghen has said judges cannot form an association to speak for them when under attack because their mandate is adjudication, not advocacy. “This is like what the Nigeria Bar Association does for lawyers, since sitting judicial officers cannot grant media interviews. “The judge’s position was that periodic press statements issued after the meetings [...]

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]]> Governor Fayose accuses APC of plot to compromise Judiciary to remove him, writes CJN Onnoghen, Says; Fayemi, Oni behind Plot https://www.theinfostride.com/governor-fayose-accuses-apc-of-plot-to-compromise-judiciary-to-remove-him-writes-cjn-onnoghen-says-fayemi-oni-behind-plot/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 14:30:02 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=153107 The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has alerted the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, of fresh plots by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to compromise a section of the Judiciary and muzzle democracy in their desperation to oust him from office, saying; “The essence of all of [...]

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]]> Buhari Swears In Onnoghen As New Chief Justice https://www.theinfostride.com/buhari-swears-in-onnoghen-as-new-chief-justice/ Thu, 10 Nov 2016 18:35:37 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147602 President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Walter Onnoghen as the new Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen was sworn in on Thursday, November 10, 2016, at the council chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He replaces former CJN, Mahmud Mohammed whose tenure ended on Wednesday after he reached the mandatory retirement age of 70.

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]]> Fayose Condemns DSS Gestapo Invasion Of Judges’ Residences, Says Threat To Democracy https://www.theinfostride.com/fayose-condemns-dss-gestapo-invasion-of-judges-residences-says-threat-to-democracy/ Mon, 10 Oct 2016 16:24:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=145306 Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has described the invasion of residences of five judges, including those of two Justices of the Supreme Court – Justice Walter Onnoghen (who is in line to succeed the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria) and Justice Sylvester Ngwuta, by armed men of the Department of State Security Service (DSS) [...]

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