LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has denied reports alleging that about N900 million of mutilated naira notes, being subject of prosecution at the Federal High Court, Ibadan, and kept in several boxes in EFCC’s custody had turned to paper. The anti-corruption agency described the reports as very mischievous and a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Mr Omoyele Sowore, and his co-defendant, Mr Olawale Bakare have been remanded in the custody of the DSS. The duo will be remanded in DSS custody pending the hearing of their bail application. They are being arraigned by the Federal Government on seven charges bordering on an…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Comrade Timi Frank, political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that since Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has sued him, it is time for the Vice President to prove several allegations he made against former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Senate President, Bukola Saraki,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Senior pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), Biodun Fatoyinbo, has asked the FCT High Court to dismiss the suit filed by Photographer, Mrs Busola Dakola. In an application filed through his lawyers, he also demanded that he is awarded a sum of N50 million as damages. According to the application,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Incorporated Trustees of Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative has sued the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria over the latter’s planned regulation of Internet advertisements. In a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos by two lawyers, Solomon Okedara and Olumide Babalola, DRLI is seeking a court declaration that APCON lacks…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Felt robbed of victory at the governorship primary election through flawed electoral processes, Chief Ndutimi Alaibe, one of the foremost contestant in the alleged manipulated race has taken a bold step in search of redress. Our correspondent reports that On Friday September 13, 2019, Alaibe approached the Federal High…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 33-year-old pastor’s wife, Blessing Okechukwu, has appeared before an Ajegunle Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly burying a live pig in her husband’s church compound, on Tuesday. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. S.I. Bassey told the court that the defendant committed the offence around 1.40 a.m. on September 3, at the National…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The PSG player and the Catalan giants are suing each other over the Brazilian’s move to Paris two years ago. Neymar and Barcelona are set to meet in court, just three weeks after the club’s failed bid to sign him from PSG, and with speculation already rife over whether the Camp Nou…
