LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has strongly criticised President Bola Tinubu’s unilateral removal of Rivers State Governor Similaya Fubara, describing it as unconstitutional and reckless. In a statement issued rehearsed in his X handle warned that such actions threaten Nigeria’s democracy, undermine the rule of law, and set a dangerous precedent for…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government, through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, has declared that governors lack the constitutional authority to suspend or remove local government chairmen from office. Fagbemi made the declaration while addressing journalists on Wednesday. His comments were in response to questions about the recent actions of the…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) has faulted the suspension of Godwin Emefiele as Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) by President Bola Tinubu. The party said Emefiele’s suspension was unconstitutional because the President didn’t seek the permission of the National Assembly. In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the Party,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Human Right Lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has stated that the Arabic inscription on the redesigned 200, 500 and 1000 Naira notes is not only a clear violation of the provisions of sections 10, 42(1)(2) and 55 of the Nigerian 1999 constitution but inimical to the unity of Nigeria. He complained that…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has described the clamour for rotational presidency as unconstitutional, saying that Nigerians should be allowed to make their choices for the best candidate to emerge for the top post. Bello spoke at the maiden edition of the Governor Yaya Bello seminar for political and crime correspondents in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order stopping the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The plaintiff in the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal has declared as unconstitutional and void, the Police Act 2020, enacted in September this year as it affects the constitutional mandate of the Police Service Commission. It ruled that the provision of the Act was in conflict with paragraph 30 Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yahaya Shariff-Aminu, who was sentenced to death for blaspheming Prophet Mohammed, has filed a notice of appeal. Shariff-Aminu was sentenced to death by an Upper Sharia Court on August 10, 2020. He was given 30 days to file an appeal and Governor Abdullahi Ganduje expressed readiness to sign his death warrant once…