By CrossRiverWatch Admin Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman, National Judicial Council (NJC), urging him to use his offices and leadership of the NJC to “urgently develop measures and issue directives to all Courts to respond to the disturbing
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Justice Walter Onnoghen’s name has been removed from the National Judicial Council’s members’ list, preparing the ground for a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour, to emerge as the Council’s Deputy Chairman. The altered membership list of the NJC was observed on the Council’s website at about 7:15pm on Sunday.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Judicial Council has constituted a five-man investigative committee to further investigate petitions against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the Acting CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad. The NJC has also forwarded a fresh petition written against the Acting CJN by the Action People’s Party (APP) for his
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Ahead of Wednesday’s proceedings at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, the Nigerian Bar Association has once again called on the Federal Government to discontinue the charges of non-declaration of assets filed against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen. In a statement issued by its President, Mr Paul Usoro (SAN),
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Diego Garcia-Sayán, has warned the Federal Government that the suspension and replacement of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, is in contravention of international human rights standards on the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powers. Mr.
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The National Judicial Council (NJC) has set up a panel to look into the petitions against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, and the acting CJN, Justice Tanko Mohammad. NJC Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, revealed this in a statement on Monday. According to him, the Council
By Archibong Jeremiah Information reaching our newsroom indicates that the National Judicial Council (NJC) has summoned an emergency meeting over the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The emergency meeting CrossRiverWatch gathers was summoned by some members of NJC in accordance with the it’s rules. The presider of the meeting is unknown because