LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Appeal Court has dropped all charges against separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu after ruling that he had been illegally arrested abroad. The court also ruled that his extradition had been illegal. The ruling by a panel of three judges is seen as a major blow to the government which had detained Mr…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian court has acquitted a Catholic bishop who was charged with raping a nun in a case that sparked widespread outrage and protests. Bishop Franco Mulakkal, 54, was acquitted by a court in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Friday, which said the prosecution had failed to prove any of…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal high court in Abuja has dismissed charges of fraud brought against Abdullahi Inde Dikko, a former comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge dismissed the charges following an application by the ICPC to withdraw the…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting at Maitama, on Tuesday, discharged and acquitted Senator Dino Melaye of the allegation that he made false assassination claim in 2017. Justice Olasumbo Goodluck, in a ruling on a no-case submission filed before the court held that the prosecution counsel failed to establish…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Adolphus Wabara, former senate president, and two others, of allegations of receiving bribe for budget approval leveled against them by the federal government, 14 years after the suit was filed. The two other defendants who were set free by the court are Ibrahim…
LAGOS JANAURY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced. Mr Gbagbo was captured in 2011 in a presidential palace bunker by UN…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, trashed seven of the nine-count charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against former President Goodluck Jonathan’s cousin, Mr. Robert Azibaola. The court, in a ruling by the trial judge, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, also discharged and acquitted Aziboala’s wife, Stella, of all…