LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court on Wednesday ruled that Islamic religious law does not violate the constitution, dismissing a test-case challenge from a singer who was sentenced to death two years ago on the charge of blasphemy. But in a majority decision, the court in northern Kano state also upheld a lower court’s call…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chris Eburu, manager of the late veteran musician Victor Uwaifo, has been charged to court over an alleged forgery of the latter’s will, the singer’s family recently announced. The family made this known while distancing itself from alleged plans by Chris to raise funds for the one-year anniversary of the singer’s death….
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One-time Governor of Akwa Ibom State and immediate past Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has been dragged to court over alleged failure to pay for a crowd rented to boost his aborted presidential bid. Court papers sighted by News Express showed that the case was filed on August 8,…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The headquarters of First Bank located in the Central Business District, Abuja, has been sealed off by the FCT High Court Enforcement Unit over failure to comply with a garnishee order. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment that has been made…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday. Our correspondent reports…
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…
