LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal nullifying the conviction and sentence imposed on former General Officer Commanding, 8 Division, Sokoto, Hakeem Otiki, by a General Court Martial. In a unanimous judgment delivered by a five-member panel, the apex court dismissed the Nigerian Army’s appeal and…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Supreme Court has affirmed the conviction of the former Managing Director of Bank PHB Plc, Mr Francis Atuche, for fraud. The apex court, in a unanimous decision, held that Atuche, the Appellant, failed to dislodge the finding of the trial court which convicted him and the Court of Appeal which affirmed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A lot of misgivings and distortions have been given about Dr. Doyin Okupe and his conviction today by the Federal High Court Abuja as everyone and everyauthoritywas just writing whatever pleases them. The facts are as follows: In January 2018, Dr. Okupe was charged along with 2 other companies, Value Trust…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has said that the witch-hunting of persons in his campaign team cannot break his resolve to be Nigeria’s president. The former Anambra State governor was reacting to Monday’s conviction of the Director General of his campaign council and former minister of information, Chief Doyin…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters gathered outside the rural home of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma on Friday in a show of solidarity as he faced a deadline for surrendering to police for contempt of court. In an unprecedented ruling, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday handed Zuma a 15-month jail term for repeatedly refusing to comply…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Court of Appeal in Abuja has nullified the conviction and seven-year jail term imposed on a former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party Olisa Metuh. A three-man panel led by Justice Stephen Adah delivered a unanimous judgment on Wednesday. The court ruled that the proceedings of the Federal High Court leading…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Nigeria has fined three men $52,000 (£40,000) each for hijacking a ship in March and securing a ransom of $200,000 for the release of its crew. These are the first convictions in the West African state since a new anti-piracy law came into force last year. Nigeria has been…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Popular NIgerian senator, Senator Shehu Sani took to his Twitter handle this Sunday morning to tackle the NCDC and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 after photos of the APC governorship campaign rally in Edo state which held on Saturday, August 8, surfaced online. Well the photos showed the venue was jam-packed with…
