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…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition political parties under the aegis of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) have described as suspicious the Friday’s presentation of the attestation of result to President Muhammadu Buhari by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The CUPP, which comprises about 42 political parties including the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Action Peoples Party APP, Imo Ugochinyere, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court for failing to publicly present his WAEC certificate. Also filed as defendants were; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in copy of the suit…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) has sued the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) over what it terms the unlawful use of the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, Etc.) Act 2015 to oppress journalists in the country. The association through its President Austyn Ogannah and General Secretary Daniel Elombah contends that the Act…