LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has declined a move seeking the final forfeiture of two properties belonging to a former Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki. Justice Mohammed Liman turned down the move in a ruling on Monday over insufficient and conflicting affidavit evidence filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has named Monica Dongban-Mensem as substantive President of the Appeal Court in Nigeria. Buhari made the move after coming under intense criticisms from Nigerians including a retired colonel, Abubakar Umar. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, announced the nomination in a statement on…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hamisu Bala, a suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume, has been arraigned at a federal high court in Abuja on charges of terrorism. An attempt to arrest Wadume had led to the killing of three policemen and a civilian in Taraba state. But he was rearrested by the police in August…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, the daughter of National Leader of the All Progressive Congress(APC)Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is also the Iyaloja General of Lagos has shut down Nigeria’s equivalent of the silicon valley, the Computer Village, which is the hub of ICT accessories in Nigeria. She gave her aides the order, who invaded…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar Tsav, a former Commissioner of Police in Lagos, has passed away. According to a family source, he died at the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, Benue State, at the age of 81 Confirming the incident in a social media post on Monday, his daughter, Heiress Ramatu Weren, said, “I just lost my dad,…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adamu Atiku Abubakar, first son of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked media reports that he said his father will contest for the presidential spot in 2023. Adamu who is the current commissioner of works and energy in Adamawa State said the media misquoted him in the interview he granted journalists…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scheduled to take in Edo state has suffered a set back as a Federal High Court in Benin, Edo state on Monday granted an order restraining the party and its national chairman from conducting the exercise. The court ordered the party and…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A drunken Police Sergeant has been arrested for allegedly stabbing an Inspector to death and injuring another victim. The yet to be named Sergeant is currently being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Yaba after the Inspector identified as Francis Adekunle died in the hospital Monday morning. It…