LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Lawyer representing Social Activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has confrmed before an Abuja High Court presided over by Inyang Ekwo that he had through the court’s bailiff served all the defendants, except Justice Tanko Muhammed with the suit as requested by the Presiding Judge. Consequently, the Federal High Court has adjourned…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja division has adjourned proceedings in the suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari from participating in the February 16 presidential election till February 7, 2019. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date following a request by the plaintiffs’ counsel for time to respond to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Abuja division of the Federal High Court has described the two years detention of journalist Jones Abiri as outright conviction and ordered government to pay N10 million in damages to Mr Abiri. Mr Abiri was arrested in August 2016 and detained for two years till his lawyers, led by human rights…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NESRANGERS)-After over two years in the detention of the Department of the State Services, a Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government to release former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki, on bail. The reprieve for Dasuki, who was clamped into detention since December 29, 2015, came in…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit seeking to remove Kogi Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, from office. Justice John Tsoho dismissed the suit on grounds that the plaintiffs, Michael Elokun, Ibrahim Sule and Mrs Hauwa Audi had no business instituting the case, Daily Post Reports. DAILY POST reports that…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Binta Murtala Nyako of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an exparte application seeking the leave to bring an application for an Order of Mandamus to compel the Inspector-General of Police to arrest and prosecute Senator Andy Uba over allegation of certificate forgery. A civil society organisation, Anti-Corruption…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has dragged the federal government and others to Federal High Court, Abuja over the proscription of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Joined as respondent in the suit marked as FHC/ABJ/CS/107/2018 are the president, attorneys general of the federation, National Assembly, Senate president, Speaker…