The Board of Trustees (BOT), of the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has backed President Muhammadu Buhari’s suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, saying allowing the CJN…
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CLOSE-UP: Onnoghen, the new CJN who upheld Rev King’s death sentence and cancelled Yar’Adua’s election
by Daniji Emmanuel March 1, 2017Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen is the new chief justice of Nigeria. He was appointed acting CJN on November 10, 2016, when Mahmud Mohammed, his predecessor, retired. A controversy had brewed…
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The senate has confirmed Walter Onnoghen as the substantive chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen was confirmed after he appeared before the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. He fielded questions…