Posts tagged as: Court

Businessman Drags OPay To Court Over Alleged Unlawful Freeze Of Account, Demands N30m in Damages

LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businessman, Mr. Suleiman Mohammed Dikwa, has filed a lawsuit against Opay Digital Services Limited at a High Court of Justice in Jos, Plateau State over an alleged unlawful freezing of his account and unauthorised withdrawal of funds. He is seeking N30 million in damages in addition to other reliefs. In the […]

Court Convicts Man Who Set Quran Ablaze

LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who burned a copy of the Quran outside the Turkish consulate in London has been found guilty of a religiously aggravated public order offence. Hamit Coskun, 50, shouted abusive comments about Islam as he held the flaming book aloft in Rutland Gardens in Knightsbridge on 13 February. On Monday he […]

Court Jails Nigeria TikToker For Naira Abuse During Content Creation

LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kabir was arrested on Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 at Tudun Wada, Kaduna State for making a video on his TikTok and Instagram @youngcee0066 page while spraying the Naira notes on the floor, matching on them and making utterances in Hausa language and daring the EFCC to come and arrest him in his […]

Court Orders Return Of $20k Bribe Collected By EFCC Operative In Veteran Journalist Case

LAGOS MAY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja special offences court has ordered the return of the $20,000 tendered as an exhibit in the alleged fraud charges involving Olalekan Abdul, the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cleanserve Integrated Energy Solution Limited. Mojisola Dada, the presiding judge, gave the order on April 30, and also lifted […]

Twelve US States Drag Trump Administration To Court Over Tariff Policy

LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRAGERS)-A dozen states sued the Trump administration in the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York on Wednesday to stop its tariff policy, saying it is unlawful and has brought chaos to the American economy. The lawsuit said the policy put in place by President Donald Trump has been subject to […]

Court Halts Pro-Wike Rally In Bayelsa

LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has issued an order restraining associates of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from holding a mega rally in the state pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The high court presided over by Justice I.A. Uzakah on […]

Ex-Barcelona Star Dani Alves Regain Freedom After Court Overturned His Rape Conviction

LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Barcelona and Brazil soccer player Dani Alves has won his appeal against a rape conviction, with a Spanish court overturning the ruling on Friday. Alves was found guilty in February 2024 of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison. Alves has always […]

Rivers Emergency Rule: PDP Govs Vow To Challenge Tinubu In Court

LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF) has vowed to challenge the suspension of Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, and other elected officials of the state in court.  On Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu declared a State of Emergency in Rivers, suspending the governor, his deputy and members of the State House of […]

Diezani Urges Court To Stop EFCC From Selling Her Seized Properties

LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja, begging it to stop the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from selling off all the properties seized from her. The erstwhile minister in the legal action she filed through a team of lawyers, led by […]

Purported ‘Dead Woman’ Appears In Court To Reclaim £350k London Home From Fraudster

LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian woman falsely declared dead has appeared in court via videolink from Nigeria to stop a convicted fraudster from seizing her £350,000 London home. June Ashimola, 55, was officially recorded as having died in February 2019, sparking a long-running legal battle over her estate. However, she stunned the High Court by […]

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