LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Telephone subscribers were left stranded, while telecommunication companies lost millions of Naira as protesting Ijaw youths shut down telecommunication masts in Bayelsa State. A Task Force of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC), Central Zone, on Monday raided and shut down facilities belonging to telecommunication companies in Bayelsa State following unresolved disputes on…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian women who post photos of themselves online without their headscarves on could face up to 10 years in prison. They face the punishment for posting images or video online, and for sending them to Masih Alinejad, a US-based activist who founded the “White Wednesdays” campaign in Iran to oppose the compulsory…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have lamented the delay in the bail ruling for their leader, Ibrahim Zakzaky, insisting the daily protest will continue. IMN spokesman Ibrahim Musa who made the pronouncement said the group was “not happy” with the postponement decision adding that the almost daily demonstrations would continue….
LAGOS JUL Y 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 20-year-old security guard, Michael Nwaogwu, who allegedly stole N2,385 from an offering box, appeared in a Yaba magistrate’s court in Lagos. Nwaogwu was charged by the police with theft. The prosecution counsel, Sgt. Godwin Oriabure, told the court that the defendant committed the offence at midnight on July 17, at…