LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal judge in Miami late on Thursday ordered the closure of the Trump administration’s notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” immigration jail within 60 days, and ruled that no more detainees were to be brought to the facility while it was being wound down. The shock ruling by district court judge Kathleen Williams builds…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a temporary halt to plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, also…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to discharge the order freezing the assets and accounts of General Hydrocarbons Limited (GHL) and its related entities, aimed at recovering an alleged loan of $225.8 million extended to the oil company on grounds that it was obtained through fraudulent…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, has fixed December 10 for ruling in the bail applications by former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello and two others. The Judge fixed the date after taking arguments for and against the bail request by Bello’s lawyer, Joseph Bodunde…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High court in Lagos has summoned top officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos following a N3.7million bribery allegation by a convict, Mrs. Fatima Hassan. Justice Akintayo Aluko invited the Lagos State Commander of the Agency, Umar Isa Adoro; the Officer-in-Charge (O/C) of Squad A (Chief…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Omotosho was of the view that NBC, not being a court of law, lacked the power to impose sanctions as punishment on alleged erring broadcast stations. The judge held that the NBC Code, on which the commission relies to impose sanctions, is in conflict with Section 6 of the Constitution which…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. He was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session, our correspondent was told by close sources. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to hear two cases of a human right lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court. The lawyer also appeared bare footed with cowries tied on his two legs. His wig…