LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and given four years in prison. The three judges in courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court cleared him of two other counts of rape, but found him guilty of many of the…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their vessel over the trafficking of cocaine into the country, imposing fines totaling $6 million, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Thursday. The Federal High Court in Lagos found the crew of the merchant ship MV Aruna Hulya guilty…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anambra State Government has arraigned eight pastors, suspected of being fake, before a state high court in Awka for allegedly violating the Anambra State Homeland Security Law 2025. Operatives of the Agunechemba vigilante group were seen in a video clip guarding the defendants into the court building on Friday. Ken Emeakayi,…
LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-According to a report by Sahara Reporters on Tuesday, 26 May, 2026, in a case that has ignited widespread outrage across Nigeria, a hardworking 26-year-old barber from Bwari in Abuja has taken the bold step of suing the Nigeria Police Force and the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Bwari for a staggering…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, for one hundred million naira, with one surety in like sum. Naija News reports that Justice Abdulmalik, while delivering the ruling on Monday, held that the proposed surety must reside in…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has handed down a heavy prison sentence to a female terrorism convict, locking her away for the next two decades. Halima Haliru Umar will spend 20 years behind bars following her conviction for illegally carrying war-grade ammunition and attempting to aid terrorist activities in the…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court on Wednesday sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years’ imprisonment in absentia over a N33.8bn money laundering and fraud case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court convicted Mamman on all 12 counts filed against him by the…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS) Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, of a 12-count charge bordering on fraud and money laundering filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Delivering judgment, Justice Omotosho held that the anti-graft agency successfully established…
