LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal high court in Abuja has dismissed the cyberbullying charge filed against Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, by Kayode Egbetokun, former inspector-general of police (IGP). Musa Liman, the trial judge, on Tuesday, ruled that the prosecutor had failed to diligently prosecute the case. In January 2025, Egbetokun arraigned Sowore on…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association has condemned an alleged courtroom incident involving Justice Mohammed Umar, describing the reported directive for a lawyer to kneel as inconsistent with judicial standards and the dignity of the legal profession. A report by Channels Television indicated that the incident occurred during proceedings in a case involving Sowore,…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja has ordered officials of a faction of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) currently occupying the union’s national secretariat, including the present management team led by Musiliu Akinsanya (Alias: Oluomo), to vacate the office in the Federal Capital Territory. The…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Akure, the capital of Ondo, has barred Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of the state, from seeking another term in office in 2028. Toyin Adegoke, the presiding judge, on Thursday, ruled that allowing the governor to contest again would violate the constitutional limit on the tenure of the elected…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s political arena erupted on Friday as the country’s Senate President, Godswill Obot Akpabio, launched a staggering ₦200 billion defamation suit against Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan—an escalation that now sets the stage for one of the most consequential legal face-offs in recent memory. According to filings before the High Court of the Federal…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital, Tirana. Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute – a father and son –…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 2007 campaign with funds from Libya. The historic ruling made Sarkozy the first former president of modern France sentenced to actual…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A man collapsed and died in court in Rusape, Zimbabwe, last week while awaiting sentencing on a negligent driving charge, leaving his case unresolved. The deceased, identified as Blessing Kalatala, had earlier pleaded guilty to the offence. He fell ill last Friday during proceedings before Magistrate Babra Mateko, who was preparing to…