LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the February 23, 2019 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have vowed to appeal against Monday’s ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal dismissing their application for permission to access and inspect the central server said to have been used by the Independent National…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship election of John Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has been upheld by the Supreme Court. In a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel, on Wednesday, the apex court held that the appeal by Segun Oni, was statute barred. In the lead judgement, Justice Amiru Sanusi, held that the case, being…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court has finally shattered the ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to present candidates for the forthcoming elections in Rivers State. The Apex Court on Tuesday struck out an appeal filed by the party challenging the judgment of a High Court in Rivers State which barred it from conducting…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe has described the ruling of the Supreme Court in favour of Ibrahim Umar and other APC chieftains, who were aggrieved by their exclusion during the Party Congresses in Rivers State as a stunning victory for Democracy, Justice and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The joy of the All Progressives Congress (APC), members and contestants to the decision of the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, has been cut short, with the Supreme Court, on Friday, upholding that decision of the lower courts barring the party from fielding candidates. Only on Thursday, the party, particularly,…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung’s directive that the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should comply with the Supreme Court judgment delivered on April 27, 2018, sacking Amaju Pinnick-led board, sport analysts and Festus Keyamo, a lawyer, said on Monday that the world football governing body, FIFA, may ban Nigeria from competitions….
