LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Cross River Governor, Donald Duke on Wednesday said the United States government has sanctioned some Justices in Nigeria. Duke made the comment in Lagos at the launch of a memoir of retired Justice Charles Archibong. He served on the bench of the Federal High Court from 2002 to 2013. The politician…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that only two weeks ago, one political party served about 70 Court processes on the Commission in one day seeking to compel it to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline provided in the Timetable and…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Abuja on Friday ordered a substantial increment in the salaries of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) and other Nigerian judges. The trial judge, Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, gave this order in her judgement, saying “judges have been victims of great injustice” and describing their poor…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo . LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I refer to the circulars dated the 16th day of March 2021 and the 5th day of May 2021 issued by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria on the transfer of Federal High Court judges and state categorically that the transfer …
LAGOS FEBRUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition leader Bobi Wine said on Monday he was dropping a legal challenge to Uganda’s presidential election results that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, saying Supreme Court justices hearing the case were biased. Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Judges across the country are rejecting arguments made by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican leaders claiming voter fraud. For months, Trump’s unsubstantiated claims have formed the centerpiece of his assault on the integrity of the election. At one point he claimed in May that “there is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty Eight-hours after the Appeal Court Panel sitting on Oyo State Governorship Election Petition gave its judgment, the copy of the judgment has not been made available to lawyers of the Governor of Oyo State, Mr. Seyi Makinde, investigations have revealed. Informed sources close to the judiciary in Ibadan told our Correspondent…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Paul Usoro, has declared that judges are afraid of performing their duties as expected due to fear and intimidation from the executive arm of government. Usoro lamented over the “intimidation of judges by members of the executive arm and security operatives”, stressing that judges now…