LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dragged the party and presidential aspirant, Atiku Abubakar to a Federal High Court in Abuja over issue of zoning in the forthcoming 2023 elections. The complainant, a senior citizen from Kaduna North, Isa Taidi, pointed out that Chapter 1, Part 7 (3 C)…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Lawyer and Activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo has written a letter to the Federal Government of Nigeria condemning the blocking of telephone lines of Nigerians who have not link their National Identity Number (NIN) to their telephone numbers. Omirhobo in a letter dated April 5th, 2022 addressed to the Federal…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Justice Minister Abubakar Malami has cautioned a Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja against granting bail to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari in his ongoing extradition case. Malami, in a counter-affidavit to the bail application by Kyari., said the embattled officer could abscond…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who was detained after holding up an antiwar sign that read “They’re lying to you” during a live Russian state television broadcast, appeared in court on Tuesday. She was given a 30,000 rouble (£214) fine A news editor with Channel One, Ovsyannikova was seen on Monday carrying a poster…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was panic at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday morning when wife of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, (DCP) Abba Kyari slumped. The Nation learnt the woman slumped when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) were leading Kyari and others away from the court premises….
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, barred President Muhammad Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and the Senate President from tampering with the newly amended Electoral Act 2022. The judge, Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on an ex-parte application by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike aka Evans, and two others have been sentenced to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The other two convicts are Uche Amadi and Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu while one Ogechi Uchechukw and two former soldiers, Chilaka Ifeanyi and Victor Aduba, were acquitted for lack of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the final forfeiture of 24 landed property belonging to a top military officer. The anti-graft agency said the property valued at N10. 9bn were controlled through proxies. According to a statement on Tuesday by the EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, Justice N. E Maha of…