By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered that the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, be served an interim order and hearing notice, in the suit filed by Peter Abang seeking to restrain the CCT from prosecuting the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. In an
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has extended the restraining order against the continuation of the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to January 28. The court presided over by Justice Edward Maha gave the order on Thursday after a counsel representing the respondents informed the court that
By CrossRiverWatch Admin President Muhammadu Buhari and the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday shook hands at the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Abuja. This is the first time as reported by Channels Television both men will be seen meeting publicly after the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) filed charges against the CJN at the
By CrossRiverWatch Admin About 30 Senior Advocates of Nigeria with a battery of about 100 other junior lawyers have so far appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal in Abuja in defence of the Chief Justice of Nigeria who is to be arraigned on six counts of non-declaration of assets. According to Punch Newspaper, the
By Our Reporter Information reaching our newsroom indicate that a lady simply identified as, Adada Onnoghen, has been kidnapped from her shop along Marian road in Calabar, by three armed men. According to sources who reported the kidnap to CrossRiverWatch, the incident occurred this (Sunday) evening. CrossRiverWatch is still making efforts to establish contact with
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described as “shockingly embarrassing”, the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to submit Cross River Born acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation. The Guardian reports that the spokesman to the national caretaker committee of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, said