LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gal Pissetzky, the lawyer representing suspected fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, has said that his client is into real estate and not fraud. Mr Pissetzky told Forbes that Hushpuppi has legitimate businesses and was paid for promoting brands on social media. He said his client is “absolutely not guilty of…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Mr. Ojeh Godwin, has lamented what he called flagrant abuse of statutory procedure and due process, calling for an urgent investigation of the activities of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). ‘’It is disheartening that the leadership of the Interim Management Committee of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)…
LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate yesterday quizzed the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Idris Ahmed, over the identity of a lawyer who collected $4 million as payment for the professional fees for the management of Excess Crude Account (ECA). Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, Adeola Olamilekan, who demanded the identity of the lawyer during…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles Manager Gernot Rohr has expressed profound concerns regarding how his welfare is being handled by his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), saying he is getting tired of begging to get the payment of his salary The German said he had enjoyed the three year he has spent as national…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer, Tope Akinyode, has sued President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate over the proposed ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations Bill 2019.” In a suit he filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, Akinyode seeks an order of perpetual injunction prohibiting the respondents from enacting the bill, “which was introduced…
LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) and the London Metropolitan Police Service have received petitions to investigate the documents said to have been obtained from Cambridge University and tendered for President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential election tribunal. TheCable obtained copies of the separate petitions both dated August 14, 2019, and which…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man has decided to get married to himself and he released a wedding invitation card, inviting friends to his “Holy Sologamy”. Sologamy is a marriage by a person to himself or herself, according to Wikipedia, and this is what Victor Ibeh, a popular Nigerian counsellor, is celebrating. Victor, who has…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos-based constitutional lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has asked a Federal High Court, Abuja, to decide whether due process was observed in the suspension of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria. The lawyer, suing through Registered Trustees of Malcom Omirhobo Foundation, urged the court to declare the said suspension of…