LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abdulmalik Tanko, a teacher who murdered his pupil, Hanifa Abubakar, last December to death Mr Tanko, the proprietor of Noble Kids College, was sentenced to death by hanging. Mr Tanko, alongside his accomplice, Hashim Isyaku and Fatima Musa, were arraigned before the Kano State High…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola may engage no fewer than 50 lawyers, including senior advocates, to challenge the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Ademola Adeleke, in last Saturday’s governorship election in the state. A member of the governor’s legal team, Kunle Adegoke, gave this indication in an interview with…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS0-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has opened its case against the suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari, before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The agency brought a commander of narcotics attached to its forensic unit, Mrs Patricia Afolabi, to testify as its first witness. She told the…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Amobi Nzelu, the new lawyer representing convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, aka Evans, yesterday said he had applied to have him produced in court for a £223,000 ransom case. Nzelu said he wrote a letter to the Igbosere High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) asking that the judge,…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Mexican drug cartel accused in the gruesome killings of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community must pay $1.5 billion to the families, a federal judge from North Dakota ruled. The family members of the victims filed a lawsuit accusing the Juarez cartel of carrying out the November 2019 attack in Mexico as…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has charged three suspects to court for allegedly beating a prostitute, Hannah Saliu, to death and setting her corpse ablaze for keeping the Holy Quran in her room. PUNCH Metro gathered that one of the suspects patronised Saliu and after having sex with her, he reportedly paid…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Umo Eno, is allegedly currently embroiled in a certificate forgery and impersonation scandal. Akan Okon, a PDP aspirant in the state, has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court in Uyo to disqualify Eno as he was cleared…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempt by the former Managing Director of the defunct FinBank Plc, Mr. Okey Nwosu and Dayo Famoroti to set aside their conviction by Justice Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos High Court literally hit the rock yesterday June 8, 2022 as the Court of Appeal sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos upheld their…