LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday granted the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve the Director General, Department of State Services, Mr Yusuf Bichi, the order of the court admitting him to bail and directing his remand in the…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Tuesday, sentenced a dismissed policeman, James Imhalu, to death by hanging for the murder of a commercial driver in 2015, over his refusal to pay him a N100 bribe. Justice Elsie Thompson while delivering her judgment said evidence before the court showed that the…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered former Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to vacate his seat as a member representing Dass, Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State. Delivering judgment, Justice Donatus Okorowo, declared that having defected from Peoples Democratic Party to All Progressives Congress,…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Thursday remanded three expatriates and six Nigerians for allegedly aiding and abetting terrorism, kidnapping and possession of illegal firearms. The men were identified as Bimaebi Johnson, Daniel Lemmer, Ghane Gordon, Hassan Hakeem, Gregory Smith, Ofem Uket, John Mark, Chidi Amadi and…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)–A Kano State high court Wednesday declared the appointment and the installation of four new emirs by the Kano State government as null and void. It ordered a return to status quo pending the hearing of the suit against the appointment of the emirs filed by one Rabiu Salihu Garwzo. Counsel to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo has filed a suit at a Federal High Court, Lagos, asking it to declare the order restricting movement during elections illegal. This follows discontent with Inspector General of Police (IGP)’s order on restriction of human and vehicular movement nationwide during the polls. Joined in the suit…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The faceoff between the Zamfara state chapter of the APC and INEC appears to have taken a new turn as the state Governor, Abdul’Aziz Yari Abubakar, has threatened that there would be no elections in the State if the electoral body fails to field its candidates during the elections. Recall that INEC…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and rights activists, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has filed a suit against the Federal Government and five others before a Federal High Court, Abuja for spending N257bn for the construction of drainage system constructed at the middle of Abuja Airport/Kubwa expressway. The other five defendants are the Attorney General of Federation,…