LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers for the family of ex-Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara on Thursday demanded former president Blaise Compaore be extradited after he received a life term in absentia over the revolutionary icon’s 1987 assassination. A military court on Wednesday sentenced Compaore — who seized power in a 1987 coup coinciding with Sankara’s death…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the lawyers of self-determination campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo (aka Sunday Igboho), Pelumi Olajengbesi, yesterday, withdrew from the agitator’s legal team. Olajengbesi, the Managing Partner, Law Corridor, in a terse statement on his official Facebook page, announced his withdrawal. His resignation followed a statement by the umbrella body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2021 Anambra governorship election, a human rights lawyer, Jezie Ekejiuba, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the Federal High court over the security challenges in the state. In the suit, Ekejiuba said the conduct of the governorship election by INEC on November 6, 2021 will be…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin Republic has filed fresh charges against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to remain in police…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services gave “logistics difficulties” for not producing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in court on Monday, a member of the IPOB leader’s legal team, Aloy Ejimakor, has said. The lawyer stated this in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday. The PUNCH…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, may be released by the Cour D’Appal De Cotonou today Monday. This is according to Ibrahim Salami, one of the Benin Republic-based lawyers representing Mr Igboho. In an interview on BBC, Ibrahim Salami explained that Igboho has two more stages to undergo before he…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aloy Ejimakor, lawyer of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has stated that the IPOB leader is preaching unity while in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). Recall that in June, Kanu was arrested and extradited to Nigeria to face trial for alleged treason….
Gal Pissetzky, counsel for alleged international fraudster, Ramon Abbas aka Hushpuppi, has said his client was illegally taken to the United States. Pissetzky of Pissetzky & Berliner said the Federal Bureau of Investigation kidnapped his client from Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Chicago-based lawyer argued that the Dubai Police should have extradited Abbas to…