CJN Archives - Intervention

Civil Society Leaders Commiserate With Maryam Uwais, Family of Late CJN

Posted By: adminon: June 09, 2025In: People in ActionTags: CJN, Electoral Reform Committee, ex-President Umaru Yar’Adua, Isa Wali Foundation, Uwais ReportNo CommentsViews:

A set of civil society leaders took their turn to commiserate with the family of ex-Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Muhammed Uwais. The civil society leaders joined others in the late Just... Read more

Governors, Power and Probity in Recent Media Coverage of Corruption in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: March 03, 2019In: FlashbackTags: 'Babanriga', 'Risk Society', 'The Candidates', CDC, CISLAC, CJN, EFCC, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Governor Abdullahi Yari, Governor Samuel Ortom, HEDA, ICPC, London-Paris Club, NLC, SANNo CommentsViews:

This is the fifth and last in the series of interpretive data on the question of how power might shape probity after the 2019 elections. Compiled within a MacArthur Foundation gaze on the ‘r... Read more

Is CJN’s Suspension Fighting Corruption Head-On Or Simulating a Stalemate?

Posted By: adminon: January 25, 2019In: SpectacleTags: 1999 Constitution, CJN, National Council of StateNo CommentsViews:

Questions reflecting differing interpretations are greeting the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, (CJN) earlier today by President Buhari on the strength o... Read more

Mashood Erubami Takes a Dissenting Position, Concurs With Justice Onnoghen’s Trial

Posted By: adminon: January 13, 2019In: GovernanceTags: CCT, CJN, NJC1 CommentViews:

In what appears one of the first major dissenting position, Comrade Mashood Erubami, the President, Nigeria Voters Assembly does not see an infringement on any core principle for the trial o... Read more

Firework Over Planned Trial of Walter Onnoghen, the Chief Justice of Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 13, 2019In: De-EscalationTags: CJN, CUPP, HURIWA, SANNo CommentsViews:

Predictably, the planned trial of incumbent Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen, has rapidly snowballed in to a conversation of allegations and charges of attempting to... Read more

Chief Justice of Nigeria Enters the Anti-Corruption Battlespace

Posted By: adminon: September 20, 2017In: GovernanceTags: anti-corruption war, CJNNo CommentsViews:

“We are under no illusion that the fight against corruption would be an easy one, as we are already aware that when you fight corruption, corruption fights back; but we are determined to win... Read more

Judicial Workload:

Posted By: adminon: November 11, 2016In: De-EscalationTags: CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, Supreme CourtNo CommentsViews:

Judicial Workload: “Permit me to reiterate my comments made during the opening of the 2016-2017 Legal Year when I opined that our Supreme C... Read more

The Anti-corruption War in the Judiciary in Nigeria: Is the Tide Turning for or Against the Truth?

Posted By: adminon: October 24, 2016In: GovernanceTags: A B Mahmoud, Army, banks., CJN, DSS, Femi Falana, General Dada Ikpomwen, Mahmud, Mohammadu Buhari, NBA, NIGERIA, Police, SAN, SIB, Uwaifo, Yemi OsinbajoNo CommentsViews:

The judiciary in Nigeria is turning out to be a more interesting battleground in the anti-corruption war than even the arena of governance/politicians. The delicate issues in that flank show... Read more