Libel: Fashola Sues Power Coy’s CEO, ThisDay, Guardian, Demands N2bn For Damage

LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has slammed a N2 billion defamation suit against the Chief Executive Officer of Sunrise Power and Transmission Company Ltd., Leno Adesanya. In a statement of claim before an FCT High Court presided over by Justice Sylvester Oriji, the minister accused Adesanya and two national dailies…

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Liberia Ex-Warlord, Charles Taylor Drags Liberia Govt To Court Over Pensions, Benefits

LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Liberian warlord-turned-president Charles Taylor, jailed for five decades for war crimes, has filed a lawsuit against his country’s government over its “refusal” to pay his pension and retirement benefits, according to a court statement. Taylor sparked a 13-year civil war in Liberia when he led a rebellion in 1989 to oust…

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Nigeria Minister Sues Ex-World Boxing Champion N5bn For Alleged Defamation

LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has dragged former world cruiserweight boxing champion, Bash Alli, over alleged defamation of character and disruptive comments. At the weekend, Alli released a video wherein he accused the minister of extorting ‘millions of naira’ from him as part of the process to organise a world boxing title fight…

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Human Right Lawyer Drags Buhari To Court, Demands Licence To Bear AK-47 Rifle

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights lawyer, Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo has filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to licence and grant him and other Nigerians permission to bear AK-47 assault rifles to defend themselves against any attack by Fulani terrorists and bandits. In the suit with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/1078/2021 filed on Friday, September 17, 2021, before…

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