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If nothing else, the planned arraignment of Justice Walter Onnoghen, Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over charges bordering on alleged failure to declare his assets and operating domiciliary accounts, speaks directly to the fouled political atmosphere in the country, tainted by intrigues in the countdown to the 2019 […]

Amid the broad range of swelling opinions against his retention; and the controversy over whether he should retire according to the extant public service rules or remain in his post at the pleasure of Mr. President, President Muhammadu Buhari seem to have bowed to public pressure to let the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Kpotun […]

If the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Mike Igini, has his way, the United States and the European Union (EU) countries will, beginning tomorrow, stop the process of issuing visas to Nigerian politicians and prominent elite. It was also not clear, which countries will honor Igini’s controversial request to keep the […]

A coalition of Niger Delta agitators are threatening to attack the nation’s oil infrastructure if the federal government does not back down on its plan to arraign the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, who is from the region. The threat was contained in a statement by one General John Dukku on behalf […]

Permit me to begin this contribution with a few comparisons. Consider the following. Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was elected President of Ghana in 2016. His father Edward Akuffo-Addo, was one of Ghana’s “big six” nationalists and elderstatesmen who led and fought for Ghana’s independence from the British in 1957. He was a former Chief […]Read More

This is an election year. In fact, the general election s barely one month away. Yes, by February 16, Nigerians will troop out to the polls to elect a President that will take charge of the fate of the 200 million Nigerians for the next four years. That same day, they will elect members to […]

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has re-fixed the arraignment of Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, to Jan. 22. The change of date for Onnoghen’s arraignment followed argument by the defence counsel that the CJN was not properly served. Lead prosecuting counsel, Mr Aliyu Umar (SAN), conceded that Justice Onnoghen, was not […]