LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three state governors — from Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara in the north of the country — all belonging to the ruling party sued the federal government, seeking the suspension of the central bank’s plan that has caused a cash crisis and disrupted transactions in Africa’s largest economy. The governors appealed to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Point of Sale terminal operators and Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, have said they will sue the Central Bank of Nigeria if it fails to withdraw the new cash withdrawal policy limiting over-the-counter cash withdrawals by individuals and companies to N100,000 and N500,000, respectively, per week. The CBN had, in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Constitutional lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), and his legal counterpart, Abubakar Sani, have dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before a Federal High Court in Abuja, demanding an extension of the continuous voter’s registration till November 27, which they argue, is 90 days before the 2023 general election. In the suit…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State is seeking the help of the court to wrest the PDP presidential candidacy from Atiku Abubakar. He has sued Abubakar, the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal; and the PDP over the conduct of the presidential primary of the party that was held in Abuja on May…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the ban and enforcement, a commercial motorcycle riders’ union, popularly called “Okada” has sued the Lagos State Government before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The union, under the umbrella of the Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria, MTUN, and others in the suit are praying for a declaration that the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has filed One million US Dollars, ($1,000,000 U.S.), (Five hundred and sixty million Naira) equivalent as general damages, for each day he has been imprisoned in the Benin Republic, before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer representing Napoli is considering taking legal action to prevent players from taking part in the Africa Cup of Nations set to start next month. In the wake of the increase in positive Covid-19 test results around the world following the emergence of the Omicron variant, there have been doubts whether…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 10,000 winners of the FY 2020 Diversity Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery, who were frustrated by their failure to obtain consular interviews to process their U.S. immigrant visas on time, won a court battle this week. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday…