LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos has discharged and acquitted a former Senior Special Adviser to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Domestic Affairs, Waripamo-Owei Dudafa, and a banker, Joseph Iwuejo, who were charged with N1.6bn fraud. The court, in a judgment by Justice Mohammed Idris, said it found it difficult to convict the…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Mike Ozekhome, has faulted the Friday’s order of the Federal High Court in Abuja proscribing the Islamic Movement in Nigeria popularly known as Shiites. Ozekhome in a statement sent to our correspondent said the court’s ruling which also declared the Shiite movement as a terrorist group was…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation has stated that the new Chief Justice Of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Muhammadu Tanko and Nigeria Judiciary Commission (NJC) are qualified and competent fight corruption in Nigeria judiciary. The Foundation warned that Justice Tanko should not be allowed to use the word corruption to…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Football Federation Amaju Pinnick and four other officials of the football body. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu issued the order of arrest following the refusal of Pinnick and others to appear in court…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos lawyer Barr. Malcolm Omirhobo and his Foundation, Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation has dragged the Federal Government to Federal High Court, Abuja over military incursions of the Niger Delta and South Eastern Regions of Nigeria. Sued along with the Federal government are President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Attorney General, Service Chiefs, Nigeria Police,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWRANGERS)-Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, revoked the bail of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, following his failure to appear in court for trial as scheduled. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Kalu together with his former Commissioner for Finance,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Anwuli Chikere of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday ordered that the former governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole be served with an application brought before the court by an anti-corruption crusader, Bishop Osadolor Ochei seeking an order of mandamus compelling the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over seven months after the abduction of Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram insurgents, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the kidnapped schoolgirl, has filed an action at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming N500m damages. Recall that Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical…