LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria nominee and Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Ishaq Usman Bello, has lost the bid to become a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) following his uninspiring performance at the poll. President Muhammadu BuhariI had nominated Bello as Nigeria’s candidate on June 20. The results of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria continues to defend its territorial integrity against terrorist groups, the office of the prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) has outlined 10 possible cases it could press against Nigerian security forces and the three factions of insurgent groups operating under the popular name of Boko Haram. The ICC prosecutor…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-A former Congolese rebel leader has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fighters loyal to Bosco Ntaganda carried out gruesome massacres of civilians, said judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda, nicknamed “Terminator”, was convicted on 18 counts including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers….
LAGOS JANAURY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has acquitted Ivory Coast ex-President Laurent Gbagbo. He had been charged with crimes against humanity in connection with violence following a disputed 2010 election that left 3,000 dead and 500,000 displaced. Mr Gbagbo was captured in 2011 in a presidential palace bunker by UN…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart for the Netherlands to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity made this known in a statement…
LAGOS MARCH 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court (ICC) has elected Nigeria’s Mr. Chile Eboe-Osuji as the President. The term will run for three years – 2018 to 2021. This was announced in a statement on Sunday by the Head, Public Affairs Unit, Mr. Fadi El Abdallah, who said the three-year term is with immediate effect….