by Omoleye Omoruyi The Supreme Court led by Justice Walter Onnoghen has struck out the application of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, asking the court not to hear the appeal of Ahmed Makarfi. Makarfi had a filed an appeal to challenge the judgement of the Port Harcourt division of the... Read More

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February 9, 2017

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Opinion: Bad optics, Buhari and Justice Onnoghen

by Abdulaziz Olatunde Bakare At last, the Ag.President Yemi Osinbajo has forwarded the name of Hon. Justice Walter Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. I’m glad common sense finally prevailed and this was eventually done before his acting period ceased. However, the increasingly out of touch Buhari administration has... Read More

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October 8, 2016

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BREAKING: DSS invade houses of Supreme Court judges

The houses of two Justices of the Supreme Court – Justices Walter Onnoghen and Sylvester Ngwuta – as well as two judges of the Federal High Court, Justices Adeniyi Ademola and Nnamdi Dimgba, were invaded by operatives of the Department of State Services. According to The Punch the raid occurred between Friday night and Saturday morning as... Read More

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