LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has filed an application urging the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss charges against several underage defendants accused of treason for allegedly participating in the August #EndBadGovernance” protest. Falana, representing the defendants in a statement, insists that the President Bola Tinubu-led government has a constitutional…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Dozens of alleged protesters were brought before a Nigerian court on Friday, sparking outrage as many of the defendants appeared to be malnourished following two months of detention. Four young suspects – who were arrested during major anti-government protests in August – collapsed on the courtroom floor, writhing in pain before being…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), has slammed N1bn suit against renowned cleric, Pastor Paul Rika, of the Holiness Revival Ministry Worldwide for allegedly defaming him in a book he authored. Danjuma, through his counsel, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), gave the preacher seven days to withdraw the defamatory statements…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Moscow court has begun considering a criminal case against a 72-year-old American accused of fighting as a mercenary for Ukraine, Russia’s state news agency RIA reported on Friday. The man, identified as Stephen James Hubbard, was placed in pre-trial detention for six months, according to RIA. The Izvestia newspaper, citing a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Mr. Junaid Sanusi, has filed a lawsuit against Access Bank Plc, seeking N100 million in damages for allegedly making unauthorized deductions from his savings account. Appearing before the Federal High Court in Ibadan on Monday, Sanusi argued that Access Bank had unlawfully deducted amounts exceeding the N50 electronic levy…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Police Command has arrested two mortuary attendants for selling human body parts to suspected ritualists. The Acting Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel, disclosed this during a press briefing at the police headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. The mortuary attendants, Johnson Daniel, 43,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja based lawyer and human rights activist, Maxwell Opara, has dragged President Bola Tinubu and Mr Kayode Egbetokun to a Federal High Court in Abuja, asking the court to stop Egbetokun from parading himself as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police. The Lawyer is also asking the court to declare that…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court has granted an exparte application filed by the State’s Attorney General, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Lawal Pedro seeking to restrict the proposed August 1 nationwide protest, in Lagos to the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park in Ojota and the Peace Park in Ketu. Justice Emmanuel Ogundare granted the order…