LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Fiscal and Infrastructure Projects Council deepened on Monday as police operatives stormed the Ogbomoso residence of the family of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, the central figure in the ongoing forgery investigation linked to the purported council. Our correspondent learnt that Adeyemi’s father, alongside a family friend who…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has instituted a $5,000,000 (Five Million US Dollars) lawsuit before a Lagos High Court against Meta Platforms Inc., the U.S.-based tech giant owned by Mark Zuckerberg, over alleged invasion of his privacy In the originating motion brought pursuant to Section 37…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has filed an application urging the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss charges against several underage defendants accused of treason for allegedly participating in the August #EndBadGovernance” protest. Falana, representing the defendants in a statement, insists that the President Bola Tinubu-led government has a constitutional…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights activist and lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chief Femi Falana, has replied to the Nigeria Police on why the President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, cannot honour the invitation to him to appear at the force headquarters on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, by 10 am. He explained that the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has stated that “plutocracy has replaced democracy in Nigeria”, the effect of which is that “people have lost confidence in the democratic process.” According to Falana, “out of the 93 million voters that were registered, only 22 million voted in the presidential election.” Falana stated this…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and human rights activist has urged Nigerians to resist the plan by the Federal Government to impose a forty percent hike in electricity tariff, reportedly to start on July 1. In an interview which was monitored by our correspondent, the rights activist said it…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The PUNCH has exclusively gathered that following the incident that led to the arrest and detention of Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti on Monday, the suspect had apologised and given the sum of ₦12,000 to the assaulted officer to repair his damaged vehicle on Saturday. Impeccable sources privy to the incident confirmed the…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The debate over whether or not to broadcast live the proceedings of the presidential election petitions tribunal has continued. On March 24, the NBA president noted that a live telecast is in the interest of the people of Nigeria. Section 36 (1) and (3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of…