LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of God is Able Mega Fire Ministry, Opolo, Yenagoa, Apostle Kingsley Abiekunogho, on Wednesday directed his members to beat up journalists at Magistrates Court 3 in Yenagoa Abiekunogho is standing trial for allegedly obtaining an SUV and money from his member, Seiyefa Sayou, by trick. The Pastor whose followers besieged the…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Police Force has said it would arraign Senator Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10. The suspects are: Kabiru Seidu, 31, alias Osama, Nuhu Salisu, 25, alias small, Musa…
By Amos Okioma, Yenagoa. LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Egberiwari and Opoti families in Ikarama – Okordia in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state have concluded plans to drag the Nigeria Agip Oil Company ( NAOC ) to court for non payment of compensation for the acquisition of parts of their land for the Taylor…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without charge. The 475 suspects will be returned to their home states for “proper rehabilitation” before being sent back to their families, a justice ministry statement said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court has sentenced one of the abductors of Chibok school girls to 15 years in prison. He was among the 20 Boko Haram terrorists who were jailed yesterday to serve various prison terms. .Haruna Yahaya, 35, a physically challenged person, was found guilty of taking part in the abduction…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kassim Afegbua, the media adviser to former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who was declared wanted by the police, has sued for fundamental rights enforcement. Afegbua is also demanding N1 billion damages from the police, its spokesperson, Jimoh Moshood, and two media houses.. His legal representative, Kayode Ajulo, filed the suit at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force with officials of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) today impounded 196 motorcycles to prosecute 72 arrested riders at Lagos Mobile Court, Oshodi, Lagos. The enforcement operations was jointly carried out based on series of complaints from innocent members of the public on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, arrived the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of his ongoing corruption trial on a stretcher after being taken down from an ambulance. .Metuh’s lawyer had, at the last adjourned date, informed the court presided by Justice Okon Abang that his client was at…
