Exactly a week when the Supreme Court upheld Federal Government’s interim seizure of the $8.4million claimed to be owned by former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan, the apex court has also agreed to a similar forfeiture of another N2.4bn linked to the same first lady Mrs. Jonathan.
The trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen resumed today March 11, 2019, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), just after the conclusion of the 2019 general elections.
The Federal High Court on Monday in Abuja terminated the charges filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against the late former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh.
Some unknown gunmen, on Saturday, shot and killed three soldiers in the Obonoma community in the Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State. According to Punch, the gunmen, who were said to be in military uniform, invaded the Samson Jack military checkpoint in the community around 8pm and opened fire on the soldiers.
The Supreme Court has fixed May 17th for judgment on the suit by the Cross River State government seeking to set aside the six-count charge of a non-assets declaration against the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen.
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, on Friday 15th February 2019 voluntarily arrived the Code of Conduct Tribunal at about 9.40am on Friday following Wednesday’s order by the tribunal chairman, Danladi Umar, for his arrest.
