LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos to “stop the Senate President Bukola Saraki from paying former Plateau State governor, Senator Joshua Dariye N14.2 million monthly allowances while he serves out a 10-year prison sentence for corruption because such payment violates…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions has asked that an alleged robbery case involving popular dancehall and hip pop star, Ogulu Damini, aka Burna Boy, be transferred to the High Court. However, The PUNCH learnt that the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court handling the matter had yet to receive a formal notice from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian musician, Small Doctor has been released by a court after he was arraigned for being found in possession of firearm. A Punch Metro report has shown that an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court has released popular singer, Adekunle Temitope, aka Small Doctor. He was reportedly let go with a warning not to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has countered the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) decision to restrain all aggrieved party members from seeking regress at the law court. The APC had recently forbade members from dragging the party to court, warning of dire consequences for those who failed to abide by the party directive. Special Adviser…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned its aggrieved members to shun dragging the party to court or risk being sanctioned. APC National Working Committee (NWC) stated this in a statement on Monday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu. Recall that members of the party in some states like…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has declared that incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari cannot legally double as the Minister of Petroleum Resources. The court made the declaration Thursday while giving judgment in a suit filed last year by a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN). Agbakoba had,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and two other persons who stood as sureties for the leader of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to deposit N100million each as bail bond into the court’s account. Justice Binta Nyako gave the order on Wednesday in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-CNN sued Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, alleging the White House violated journalist Jim Acosta’s rights under the constitution by revoking his press credentials following a heated exchange with the US president. “The wrongful revocation of these credentials violates CNN and Acosta’s First Amendment rights of freedom of the press, and their…