Admist all the confusion in the last couple of days, President Muhammadu Buhari has today suspended the Chief Justice of the Federation, CJN, Cross River State born Justice Walter Onnoghen. In his place, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed has been sworn-in in acting capacity. Buhari performed the ceremony at the presidential villa, Abuja. 65 year old…
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Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, has commended the judiciary for living up to its tenets of upholding the rule of law, justice and equity in the dispensation of justice. Ayade gave the commendation in Calabar, yesterday when he received the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen and other justices of the Appeal…
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Political leaders from the Niger Delta region have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to confirm Justice Walter Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria. They said the President should not deviate from the norm that usually makes the most senior justice at the Supreme Court to be appointed as the CJN. The leaders, under…
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Sources in the Federal Ministry of Justice, Abuja, have confirmed to www.calitown.com early this morning that the Federal Judicial Service Commission, FJSC, after her meeting yesterday, Wednesday, October 5, 2016, forwarded the name of Cross River born Justice Walter Onnoghen to the National Judicial Council for consideration as successor to the outgoing Chief Justice of…
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