At the heart of the issue lies the Senate’s reliance on Section 157 of the Constitution, which actually pertains to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), not the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
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The motion challenged the competence of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to prosecute him in the charge marked: CCT/KN/01/2023.
The Senate had last week passed the ICPC amendment Act, with some sections seen as cutting the Chairman’s power
The FHC, in a new practice directions on trial of terrorism cases made available by its Chief Information Officer of FHC, Dr Catherine Oby-Christopher, said the development was to ensure the safety and protect the identity of the victim or a witness in the matters.
The committee had earlier granted the CCT chairman a two-week grace period to respond to a petition levelled against him over an alleged assault of one Clement Sagwak, a security guard.
The media has been awash with reports of how Justice Umar had physically assaulted a security guard along with a video of the event shot by a commentator who was upstairs.
No reason was given for the judge’s absence
Saraki, a former two-term Governor of Kwara State, said this in a statement by his spokesman, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on Friday
The Nigerian Bar Association has risen from its 59th Annual General Conference with a call on the Supreme Court to clarify whether the Code of Conduct Tribunal is an organ of the executive arm or a quasi-judicial tribunal capable of being vested with criminal jurisdiction.
The absence of the Speaker of Bayelsa House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday in Abuja, stalled his arraignment on alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office charge.
The EFCC last wek reopened the probe of Saraki after his trial by the CCT failed
The Muslim Rights Concern has reacted to the position of the National Christian Elders Forum on the conviction of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The National Christian Elders Forum has described the conviction of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal as part of “the jihad” against Christians in the country.
The Presidency has affirmed that the conviction of former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal was a major victory for the anti-corruption policy of the Buhari administration.
Delivering Judgment, Justice Danladi Umar, the CCT Chairman, found Onnoghen guilty on the six counts preferred against him by the Federal Government
The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday defended the jurisdiction of the agency to try the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen.
Instead of the originally scheduled time of 9am, the judgement will now be delivered at noon.
The Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday fixed April 18 to deliver judgment on the charge of false and non-assets declaration allegations brought against Justice Walter Onnoghen, suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, closed his defence on Wednesday at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Abuja in his ongoing trial on charges bordering on assets declaration breaches, after calling his driver of 20 years as his witness.
The trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, resumed at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Monday with the first prosecution witness testifying against the CJN.