counsel to Walter Onnoghen, suspended chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), Adeboyega Awomolo, has said his client’s case shows that the Nigeria’s judiciary is very weak and not independent. Recall that Onnoghen is standing trial for fasle asset declaration. Awomolo in a statement on Monday, said it is unacceptable that the executive arm of government is […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Constitution Fourth Alteration Bill, which grants financial autonomy to the State Houses of Assembly and the States’ Judiciary. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Sen. Ita Enang, confirmed this development to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Friday. Enang explained that with […]
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The crisis rocking the River state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took a new turn on Friday as lawyers and judges were chased out of a high court in Port Harcourt, with at least two persons killed and properties destroyed. The attackers breached the court security around 11 a.m. in violent bid to […]
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The EFCC says it has made a startling discovery about former Enugu State Chief Judge Innocent Azubuike Umezulike’s; as detectives found N632.2 million in his bank account, reinforcing the reason for his involuntary retirement. The agency also found that the lodgements came from lawyers, businessmen, politicians and litigants. According to The Nation newspaper, Justice Umezulike […]
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