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…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Court of Appeal on Friday ordered public university lecturers to end their strike for better working conditions in the next seven days before it will hear their appeal against a ruling by a lower court. The lecturers, who have been striking since February, last month appealed a lower court ruling ordering…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has ordered police to arrest and investigate 10 local celebrities for “immoral conduct” on social media that could influence youth, a judicial official told AFP Thursday. The court issued the order on Tuesday last week after lawyers filed a lawsuit, calling for their prosecution for singing…
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…