LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A legal practitioner, Olukoya Ogungbeje, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Lagos to challenge the ban imposed by the state government on the operations of commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okada, and tricycles otherwise known as keke. Ogungbeje asked the court to declare that the ban, as issued…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six employees of the Leadership Group Limited have dragged their employers to court demanding N10 billion for defamation following publications describing as thieves. The company had at different dates this month published the names of Olusunle John, Hannatu Dickson, Gloria Raphael, Onyinyechi Ogbonna, Yusuf Adebayo and Gloria Okwum declaring them wanted. The…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana (UG), Professor Ransford Gyampo, has vowed to initiate legal action against BBC over its “Sex for grades” documentary. In the documentary, released on Monday, October 7, BBC Africa Eye investigation torchlight sexual harassment from Dr. Paul Kwame Butakor, a lecturer at the College…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The PSG player and the Catalan giants are suing each other over the Brazilian’s move to Paris two years ago. Neymar and Barcelona are set to meet in court, just three weeks after the club’s failed bid to sign him from PSG, and with speculation already rife over whether the Camp Nou…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 16 states have joined together in a lawsuit against President Trump’s emergency declaration to fund a multi-billion dollar wall across the Mexican border. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco and claims that the president does not have power to divert funds because Congress controls…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Human right activist Barr. (Chief) Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo in conjunction with Malcolm Omirhobo foundation has approached the Federal High Court Abuja on Wednesday, 2nd January 2019, to challenge the legality and constitutionality of the Nigerian Military operation python dance. The Nigerian Army Chief of Staff had on Friday, 28th day of December…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chicago woman is suing hotel operator Hilton Worldwide for $100 million, claiming an employee took nude footage of her without her consent and used it in an extortion attempt. The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said an employee at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Albany, New York, used a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Action Peoples Party APP, Imo Ugochinyere, has dragged President Muhammadu Buhari to court for failing to publicly present his WAEC certificate. Also filed as defendants were; the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in copy of the suit…
