LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Director General of the Labour Party Presidential Campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, has called for the immediate dismissal and prosecution of the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, over the role he played in the 2023 presidential elections. Osuntokun also demanded that a forensic financial investigation be conducted…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission has approved the dismissal of seven senior Police Officers over gross misconduct. The Commission also approved the reduction in rank of ten other officers. The decisions were taken at the on-going 15th Plenary Meeting of the Commission which is expected to end on Thursday, October 6th, 2022. The…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, has found 72 police officers culpable, even as it okayed 28 of them for prosecution. While the panel, which was led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State Government has filed a lawsuit against the Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu over the dismissal of an unmarried policewoman resident in Ekiti State for being pregnant. Omolola Olajide was discharged from the force in compliance with Section 127 of the Police Act and Regulations Cap. P19, Laws of the Federation…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended the dismissal of two judges. The judges are R. N. Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court and James T. Agbadu-Fishim of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria. According to a statement issued by the NJC Director of Information, Soji Oye on Thursday, the council made…