LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Lawyer representing Social Activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo has confrmed before an Abuja High Court presided over by Inyang Ekwo that he had through the court’s bailiff served all the defendants, except Justice Tanko Muhammed with the suit as requested by the Presiding Judge. Consequently, the Federal High Court has adjourned…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the service on President Muhammadu Buhari and six others, court processes of a suit against the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Justice Ekwo gave the order shortly after a human rights lawyer, Chief…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Human rights lawyer, Chief Malcom Omirhobo, has filed an action at the Federal High Court, Abuja, asking the court to stop President Muhammadu Buhari from appointing the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Muhammad Tanko as substantive CJN. Defendants in the suit, which he filed in the name of Malcom Omirhobo…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives may have found more “suspicious” funds in Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Walter Onnoghen’s accounts, The Nation has learnt. There are also “suspicious” transactions, including an $800,000 Standard Chartered Bank investment subscription, sources said. Also found is $630,000 lodged in some of the accounts through what is described as “structured payments”…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja Federal High Court, has restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Police from arresting or detaining Femi Fani-Kayode and Yinka Odumakin. Justice John Tsoho, gave the order on Monday, following an ex parte application argued by Mr Chukwuma Machukwu-Ume (SAN)…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The media has just been furnished with a transcript from a Press Conference by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta earlier yesterday accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of plotting to rig the 2019 General Elections. Read the Full Statement Below; I am concerned as a democrat who believes that with faithful and diligent practice…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former president Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigeria is back to the Abacha era when state institutions were used to fight perceived enemies of the head of state. He was speaking on Sunday in his state of the nation address which he tagged “Points for Concern and Action”. Sani Abacha, a general, was the…
LAGOS JANUARY 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari only got to know about the trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Saturday, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has stated. He also expressed sadness over the trial of the National President of Nigerian Bar Association, Paul Usoro (SAN). The…