LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang has dismissed a suit filed by Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore. The suit is challenging and seeking to restrain the 2017 Open Grazing Prohibition and Establishment Law passed by the Benue State House of Assembly The court, on Thursday, also awarded…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reform and Decongestion has ordered the unconditional release of three family members on death row in Enugu Maximum Prisons. The Chairman of the committee, Justice Ishaq Bello, gave the order on Wednesday during their sitting in Enugu. Bello said that the committee after reviewing the circumstances that…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Respondents to the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have called for the “suspension” of proceedings of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, on Thursday (today). Thursday was scheduled for the commencement of trial, when the petitioners challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern youths under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Group, CNG, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to implement the Ruga policy across the country. The group also warned that they will resort to a line of action after the deadline expires. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, CNG spokesperson, while addressing…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Companies in Nigeria on Wednesday won the coveted Excellence Award at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition, held in Abuja. This is coming on the heels of a streak of other industry leadership awards recently garnered by Shell including the best local content company from the Nigeria Content Development…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)Facebook acknowledged Wednesday an outage affecting users in various parts of the world and said it was working on a fix. Online monitoring service DownDetector reported earlier the outage began around 1200 GMT and affected as well as its Instagram and WhatsApp services. #Facebookdown and #instagramdown were trending on Twitter as users…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari succumbed to pressure on Wednesday by suspending the controversial Ruga settlement scheme, designed to settle the Fulani and their cattle on acquired land across states in the federation. The suspension was announced in Abuja after governors representing the six geopolitical zones of the country met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A constitutional lawyer and renowned human rights activist, Mr. Femi Falana, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians over his claim that the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha did not steal monies belonging to the Nigerian state. He also asked for an immediate and comprehensive probe…