LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court, sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State on Tuesday, March 14, 2023 heard how a former minister of power, Mohammed Wakil and others shared a sum of N450million meant to influence the outcome of the 2015 presidential election in Borno State. The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Tijani Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, ordered a trial- within- trial in the alleged N304.1m fraud trial involving a former acting Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Haruna Baba Jauro, and two others. Jauro alongside Dr. Dauda…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application seeking leave to serve the court papers on the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over money laundering allegations. The court on Thursday granted the application directing the service of the papers through the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former General Manager and Head of Legal Services of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, Sir Adebayo Aderibigbe and one Ogundele Mura Yisa-Yemi have been arraigned in court for alleged N60 million fraud. They were arraigned on Wednesday by Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), before Justice…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the seizure of funds and assets that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, traced to a banker, Mr Aleshe Ayodeji, who allegedly deposited fake currencies worth over N20million, with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. EFCC alleged that Ayodeji, who was in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has nullified all the primaries conducted by All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state. Some Aggrieved APC Members loyal to the Governorship Candidate of SDP, Senator Magnus Abe had approached the Court Challenging the Conduct of Primary with Claims of Exclusion from…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Taraba State on Tuesday nullified the state governorship primary election that produced Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 election. The case was filed by one of the governorship aspirants, David Sabo Kente. Justice Simon Amobeda in his ruling…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission from ending voter registration on June 30, 2022. Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon (Court 10) on Monday granted an order of interim injunction following the hearing of an argument on motion exparte by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. SERAP and 185…