LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital has upheld the death sentence of Ramon Adedoyin, a prominent businessman and hotelier, for his involvement in the murder of one Timothy Adegoke, a former postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State. Delivering the judgment on Thursday, the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned a judgement that barred the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, from releasing monthly federal allocations to Rivers State. The appellate court justices had a split ruling on Friday as two ruled in favour of Rivers State government while one objected. Governor Siminalayi Fubara…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Appeal Court sitting in Lagos State on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole, against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The APC candidate, who was present in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Protests have rocked Kano State following the sacking of Governor Abba Yusuf by an Appeal Court. This was as police dispersed protesters along the Dan Agundi area of the state on Wednesday. The fresh protests followed the Certified True Copy of the judgement which appeared in public domain and seemed contrary to…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, has expressed worries over impersonators who he said are attempting to damage his reputation by imitating his name and voice. On Thursday via a Twitter thread, the former LP presidential candidate detailed how a fraudster had called Prince Mustapha Audu, the son of the…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, seeking to disqualify Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, from the February 25 general election. In the appeal marked: CA/ABJ/CV/1414/2022, the Movement had approached the court, contending that the Independent National…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal today, March 31, 2023 convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Mr. Meng Wei Kun and Mr. Xu Kuai, to 6 years imprisonment on two of a three count charge bordering on conspiracy, money laundering and attempted bribery to the tune of N50 Million brought…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja on Friday set aside the judgement of the Osun State Election Petition Tribunal that annulled the victory of Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party during the July 16, 2022, Osun State governorship election. The Osun tribunal had annulled Adeleke’s victory and affirmed Gboyega Oyetola of…