LAGOS NOVEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arguing that the results of the presidential election are defective, Donald Trump’s campaign has asked a judge in Pennsylvania to declare him the winner in the state and allow the Republican-led state legislature to decide which way it will allocate its 20 electoral college votes. Joe Biden is projected to have won…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Mexican cartel has killed three police officers, wounded two others, and kidnapped four officials including a judge in an attack on a police station in the city of Villagrán, Guanajuato. Reports suggest that the Jalisco New Generation Cartel stormed the station after pulling up in three SUVs, of which one was…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Pennsylvania judge did not err in allowing five women to take the stand against Bill Cosby to prove he was a serial sexual predator, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. The unanimous Superior Court ruling upholds Cosby’s 2018 conviction on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and molesting Temple University…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigeria-born lawyer, David Ndudim, has been named as a judge at the Sacramento County Superior Court of California, United States. Ndudim has a law office in Sacramento, California and has been licensed for 19 years. He handles cases in immigration and attended Lincoln Law School. In a congratulatory message, Dele Momodu…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge on Friday blocked a move by US President Donald Trump’s administration to stop migrants from claiming asylum unless they had entered the country at an official border crossing, news outlets reported. The policy, enacted by Trump last year, is among a host of measures his government has taken against the…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge of Akwa Ibom State High Court, Justice Okon Okon, escaped death today as kidnappers from Rivers State attacked him in the Court premises in Uyo, threatening to kill him for sentencing them to death. Immediately after the Presiding Judge pronounced the death sentence, the condemned criminals rained abuses on him…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Colombia Supreme Court judge imposed conditional sentences on two men who belong to a breakaway Mormon sect after convicting them of polygamy Tuesday, sparing them jail time. Winston Blackmore was found guilty of having 24 wives, while the court found James Oler had five wives. Blackmore’s six-month conditional sentence to…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump compares people entering the U.S. from Mexico to invaders and says they should be immediately sent back without appearing before a judge. The American Civil Liberties Union said in response that such a step would be illegal and violate the Constitution that Trump swore to uphold. “We cannot allow…