LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-three-year-old Syrian military conscript Farhan al-Khouli was badly paid and demoralized. His army outpost in scrubland near the rebel-held city of Idlib should have had nine soldiers but it just had three, after some had bribed the commanding officers to escape serving, he said. And, of the two conscripts with him, one…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has sent Oluwole Afolabi, a lawyer of the All Progressives Congress — who inundated Adams Oshiomole with legal battles leading to his removal as party chairman in 2020 — to the U.S. to defend him in the Chicago university records case in which his principal opponent Atiku Abubakar is…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Abuja began its defence of the February 25 presidential election on a shaky note, with none of its three witnesses present at the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPEC). Contrary to the scheduled activities of the Court, INEC, which conducted the disputed election and…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed nine Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the results of the February 25 presidential election. The team of lawyers will be led by Abubakar Mahmoud, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Other members of the legal team include Stephen Adehi (SAN),…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total number of thirty-four lawyers defended Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, the suspected killers of Deborah Samuel, in court today. The defense team was led by Prof. Mansur Ibrahim. Deborah Samuel, a 200-Level Home Economics student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, was lynched by a mob on May 12…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 lawyers have indicated interest to defend the suspended DCP Abba Kyari in a suit filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Musa Shafiu, a legal practitioner, told newsmen on Wednesday, on behalf of other lawyers. He said the team is made up of four senior advocates…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 31 lawyers have expressed their interest in defending Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police who was suspended in connection with a $1.1m scam involving a self-confessed fraudster, Ramon Abbas a.k.a Hushpuppi. Barrister Bappah Salisu, who spoke for the group of lawyers drawn from the 19 Northern states in the…
