LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSSRANGERS)-Sixteen socio-cultural leaders from southern Nigeria have instituted a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly marginalising the people of the southern region from appointments in his administration. In the suit filed before a federal high court in Abuja, the plaintiffs led by Edwin Clark are asking the court to award the…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against Dr Osagie Ehanire, Minister of Health and Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), over “their failure to account for the public funds and other resources so far spent and used to combat the spread of…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Well, the truth is that Davido has not officially made any whimper about the scandalous baby mama saga but he spoke about his intentions to sue Ghanaian and Nigerian bloggers for the fake reports of his infidelity through his friend Uche Maduagwu. According to the social media celebrity and actor, Davido spoke…
LAGOS APRIL 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A coalition of Nigerian legal practitioners has dragged the People’s Republic of China to court over the effects of the Coronavirus outbreak on the West African giant. The lawyers are demanding $200 billion as damages for the “loss of lives, economic strangulation, trauma, hardship, social disorientation, mental torture and disruption of…
LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS) -Missouri became the first state to sue the Chinese government, citing “an appalling campaign of deceit” related to the coronavirus pandemic. The civil lawsuit was filed Tuesday in federal court by GOP state Attorney General Eric Schmitt, claiming Chinese officials are “responsible for the enormous death, suffering, and economic losses they inflicted on the world,…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An attorney who represented victims of the Las Vegas shooting massacre has filed a federal lawsuit against China’s government over the new coronavirus, saying Tuesday that officials hid information about the outbreak and that U.S. small businesses should receive billions of dollars in damages. The case seeks class-action status for 32 million…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A lawyer, Malcom Omirhobo, has filed a suit before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, seeking a stop to open grazing and alleged killings and kidnapping by Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the State. The suit marked FHC/ASB/CS/51/2020 was filed on Wednesday. He sued as respondents to the suit,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has made good his threat to institute a N2.5bn libel against a Presidential aide, Mrs Lauretta Onochie over an alleged libellous publication. He was at the Registry of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama where he formally deposed to his own witness statement…