LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has appealed to the people of Umuoba-Anam and Aguleri in Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State to immediately cease hostilities and embrace peace. Obi, in a statement on Monday, said he was “deeply pained”…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has filed a $57 million lawsuit against Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode and DCI Group over alleged defamation and conspiracy to kidnap and physically harm its founder, Dr. Von Batten. The firm disclosed this in a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Israeli Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Freeman, has condemned the persistent killings in Nigeria, stressing that attacks on both Christian and Muslim communities have created “wounds that must be healed” for the country to attain sustainable peace. Ogun voice reports that Freeman stated this in Abuja on Thursday during a programme titled…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Evans Ufeli, has dragged the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the Minister of Education before the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, seeking redress for what he described as the gross violation of the fundamental rights of Nigerian students during the conduct of the…
LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abia businessman, Eke Agbai Eke, has sued First Bank of Nigeria over an alleged fraudulent withdrawal of N550 million from his fixed deposit account at the bank’s former Abiriba branch, now relocated to Uzuakoli. In his lawsuit, filed by his lawyer, Ebuka Nwaeze, the claimant stated that First Bank has refused to return his deposit, which he originally placed at the Abiriba branch…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has filed a suit against the Assembly and the new Speaker, Mojisola Meranda, before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja, challenging the legality of his sack. Obasa, in the suit which is yet to be assigned to a judge,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has instituted a $5,000,000 (Five Million US Dollars) lawsuit before a Lagos High Court against Meta Platforms Inc., the U.S.-based tech giant owned by Mark Zuckerberg, over alleged invasion of his privacy In the originating motion brought pursuant to Section 37…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB), has filed a suit against Olumuyiwa Adejobi, spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), over allegations of defamation. Aloy Ejimakor, Kanu’s lawyer, filed the suit on Tuesday at a federal capital territory (FCT) high court. Kanu is accusing Adejobi of portraying him…
