LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Federal High Court has dismissed reports that the newly assigned judge in the case of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, has stepped down. The FHC, in a statement signed by the Chief Registrar, Sulaiman Hassan, on Tuesday described the report as “false and misleading.” A…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An alleged Hacker, Sunday Ozimede, has invaded the vault of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank and swindled the bank of the whipping sum of N1,190, 728, 076 billion. The operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), has however, arraigned the alleged hacker before a Federal High Court, Lagos, on charges bordering on conspiracy,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday struck out the treasonous charges brought against 119 Nigerians including those detained since August for participating in the #EndBadGovernance protest. This was pronounced by Obiora Egwuatu, the presiding judge, who struck out the case following an application by M.D Abubakar, counsel to the Attorney-General…
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 AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted applications filed by the Nigeria Police to remand 124 arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters for 60 days, pending the conclusion of the investigation. Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on ex-parte motions moved by counsel for the Inspector-General (IG) of Police, Ibrahim Mohammed, granted the interim…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, collapsed on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja where he was arraigned for alleged N33bn fraud. Mamman, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, was led into the dock in drenched clothes, prompting his lawyer to explain to Justice James Omotosho that he collapsed…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday discharged and acquitted a Nigerian publisher, Agba Jalingo, of cybercrime. Mr Jalingo, who publishes an online newspaper, CrossRiverWatch, was prosecuted by the Nigeria police over a 30 June 2022 Facebook post in which he alleged that Alami Ayade, the wife to the younger brother…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered popular Anambra cleric and founder of Living Christ Mission, Rev. Onokogu Hezekiah (also known as Daddy Hezekiah), to pay N10 million to Polaris Bank manager, Hezekiah Duru, for violating his fundamental human rights. The cleric had filed a petition against Duru, accusing him of…