LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court on Friday wearing a white top and a brown wraparound longyi that is the typical uniform for prisoners in the Southeast Asian country, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said. Nobel laureate Suu Kyi, 76, was sentenced this month to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businessman, Mr. Ifeoluwa Oluwo, Thursday, narrated to a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, how Chidinma Ojukwu the murder suspect in the case of Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, sold the deceased’s laptop to him. He said that he bought the laptop from the first defendant…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its “refusal” to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. Taylor sparked a 13-year civil war in Liberia when he led a rebellion in 1989 to oust…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21 (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight Nigerian men accused of an internet dating scam have been charged in a South African court after a massive international operation involving the FBI and Interpol. Authorities in the US, where the investigation originated and most of the alleged victims are based, have applied for their extradition. They are accused of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Faisal Maina, son of chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, to 24 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang found him guilty of the three-count charges, sentencing him in absentia. “The Federal Government shall arrest the convict anywhere found in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court has prohibited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from retrying former Abia Governor Orji Uzor Kalu. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order while delivering judgment in an application filed by the former governor seeking an order of the court prohibiting the EFCC from retrying him on a charge…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of a woman held in detention since February accused of being a member of a banned separatist organisation, her lawyer said. The court in Abuja ruled that the police had illegally detained Ngozi Umeadi and ordered it to pay her damages of 50…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Meet the man who is so obsessed with sueing. He was recently selected for an award by the Guinness World Record for having the biggest number of lawsuits in courts. He instead sued the Guinness World Record body too for involving him in their awards without his consent. There are many…