SERAP said for the Salami Committee to perform its tasks effectively and with propriety, it should preferably be composed entirely of members of the judiciary, particularly drawn from available pool of brilliant and incorruptible retired judges
Browsing: Justice Walter Onnoghen
The NJC’s Director of Information, Soji Oye, disclosed this in a statement on Monday
The information was contained in a statement made available to the press on Wednesday by the spokesman of the NJC, Soji Oye
Onnoghen said under his watch, such acts and other social vices would not be condoned in the judiciary, as appropriate punitive measures would be taken against anybody found wanting in the discharge of his duty.
Onnoghen gave the directive during a special court session the Supreme Court held to mark the opening of the 2017/2018 legal year
He said: “The Constitution has vested enormous responsibility in the Federal High Court. “The court is undoubtedly one of the most strategic and significant arm of the judiciary and should be empowered with the right capacity to discharge its functions.
The position of Malami was contained in a statement issued by his spokesman, Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, on Friday
The commission expressed dismay that its secret probing of some past and present officials has been leaked to the media, therefore jeopardising investigation
The highly authoritative newspaper said top on the list of those being probed are the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen; Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State; his predecessor and the current Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; and the immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Prof. Okechukwu Ibeanu, the National Commissioner and acting Chairman of INEC, said in a statement he issued on Saturday in Abuja that the attention of the commission had been drawn to some media reports about its decision to obey the court order
Onnoghen said: “Always be guided by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the law as you have pledged to preserve and defend the constitution.
Onnoghen said this in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the conference of the International Association of Women Judges in West African Sub Region
The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Prince Adedeji Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Thursday in Abuja
The appointees are: John Targema, Mahmood Namtari, Gerald Nweneka, Sanusi Kado, Sinmisola Adeniyi, Abiola Adewemimo, Opeloye Ogunbowale, Isaac Essien, Elizabeth Oji, Oluwakayode Arowosegbe.
Onnoghen made the remark on Monday in Abuja when he declared open the 2017 National Energy
A top security officer with the intelligence service spoke on the issue with PRNigeria
The NJC said the decision to have the judges, including Justice John Inyang Okoro of the Supreme Court, return to their duties was taken at its 82nd meeting, which took place on May 31 and June 1, 2017
In the audio tape, which allegedly captures a telephone conversation between the judge and the Kogi West Senator, Ikpeme could be heard telling Melaye to give her bribe in US dollars even as the audio recording was circulated by the Nigerian-owned US-based online newspaper, Sahara Reporters
The CJN leveled the allegation on Friday
Onnoghen, who said this after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari in the Presidential Villa, described the assertion as mere speculations