LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has directed the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Isah Jere, to handover to the most senior officer in the Service. This directive is coming following allegation that the outgoing NIS boss was plotting another tenure extension. Jere has had his retirement extended from last year to…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Tijjani Ringim of the Federal High Court, Lagos has placed a “post-no-debit status/lien” on the accounts of two alleged drug traffickers domiciled in three commercial banks in Nigeria. The alleged drug kingpins, whose accounts were blocked by the court are Nnaemeka John Nwaozor and Levi Onwubiko Nwagu. They are currently…
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to electronically transmit Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu in a judgment also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to upload a scanned copy…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Universities Commission, NUC, has directed the closure of all universities and inter-university centres between February 22nd and March 14. NUC said there would be no academic activities during the shutdown. The announcement was contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki. According to the statement,…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to accept the nomination of candidates of the Labour Party (LP) in 24 States of the federation for the purpose of the 2023 general elections. The court ordered that the electoral body must accept the list of…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A high court sitting in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has granted a garnishee order directing the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) to freeze the account of Polaris Bank over a judgment debt of N2.16 billion. A garnishee order is one of the options open to a judgment creditor to enforce a judgment…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry with the N100,000 weekly cash withdrawal limits recently set by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and its attendant economic and social challenges, the House of Representatives at Thursday plenary asked the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele to suspend implementation of the policy. Emefiele was asked to cause an appearance Thursday next…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) until 90 days to the 2023 general election. Justice Ekwo in addition ordered INEC to ensure that eligible Nigerians are not deprived of the opportunity to…