LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Liberia have blocked the internet in what is perceived to be a move to suppress ongoing anti-government protests in the capital, Monrovia. Netblocks, an organisation that monitors internet disruptions and shutdowns, confirmed the shutdown on Friday afternoon, saying access to social networking platforms Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Snapchat had…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A YouTube video from unconventional Nigerian prophet, T.B. Joshua, has surfaced, showing what it calls “the largest church offering never collected”. On June 1, 2019, more than 15,000 gathered in the prestigious FlyDSA Arena in Sheffield, UK for an event dubbed: “Emmanuel TV UK Revival.” In events of such nature, it is…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected kidnapper, Sani Haruna aka Gayu, who was arrested by the Inspector General of Police special team has confessed to Saturday Vanguard that he has lost count of the number of people he killed for failing to pay ransom. In an interview at one of the safe locations in Abuja where…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In response to the increasing cases of kidnapping and robbery by bandits and suspected Fulani herdsmen in the South-West, traditional rulers from the region have vowed to defend their people and flush the marauders out of the region. The monarchs made the declaration just as governors from the South-West announced plans to…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed grave worries over the sudden revocation of the operating licence of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television and Ray Power FM, by the Federal Government. In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, the Guild urged the National Broadcasting Commission…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers has expressed grave worries over the sudden revocation of the operating licence of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television and Ray Power FM, by the Federal Government. In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, the Guild urged the National Broadcasting Commission to…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family members of the late Nigerian writer killed in the tragic Ethiopian Airlines crash, Pius Adesanmi, have filed a new lawsuit against the Boeing Company. Lawyers Nomaan Husain of Husain Law + Associates, Floyd Wisner of The Wisner Law Firm, and Omar Khawaja of The Law Offices of Omar Khawaja, filed the…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal will on Monday resume sitting on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Saturday PUNCH learnt on Friday. Meanwhile, there were indications on Friday that the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa,…