Archive for: July, 2021

Igboho Drags DSS, Malami To Court, Demands N500bn For Damages

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The embattled Yoruba nation campaigner, Sunday Adeyemo a.k.a. Igboho yesterday made good his threat to sue the federal authorities over the July 2 raid of his Sooka, Ibadan residence by operatives of the Department of State Security (DSS). Igboho filed a suit at the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, against the DSS […]

Student, Six Others Arrested With Fake N7.8m, $110,000 In Nasarawa

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has arrested a seven-member syndicate in Lafia with N7.8million and 110,000 dollars counterfeit currencies. Mr Bola Longe, Commissioner of Police in the state, paraded the suspects on Friday at the Police Command Headquarters in Lafia, alongside 61 others for various criminal offences. Longe said […]

Cotonou Court Orders Release Of Igboho’s Wife, Her Passport, Other Documents

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Benin Republic court in Cotonou has reportedly ordered the return of the passport of Ropo, the wife of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, as well as other documents seized from them. Sources at the court told SaharaReporters that the court ruled that all travel documents of […]

US Customs Seize Dozen Of Giant African Land Snails From Nigeria Traveler At Texas Airport

 LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-US Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than a dozen live giant African land snails from a traveler at a Texas airport, officials said this week. Fifteen of the snails – which can grow to be the size of rats and can cause rare forms of meningitis in humans – were […]

Anxiety As Benin Court Adjourns Hearing Till Today, Returns Igboho To Cell

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-All eyes were on Cour De’appal De Cotonou, Benin Republic, yesterday, for the arraignment of Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, since his arrest on Monday night. Hordes of his supporters had since morning trooped to the court in anticipation of his appearance. The environment got tension-soaked as […]

Kwara Court Jails Fake Custom Officer For 20 Years

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced one 34-year-old fake Customs officer, Yakubu Azeez Afolayan, to 20 years imprisonment having found him guilty of offences bordering on impersonation and job scam. The convict was allegedly parading himself as Customs officer. In the assumed capacity, the […]

LG Election: Lagos Announces Movement Restriction On Saturday

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has announced restriction of movement across the State between the hours of 8a.m and 3p.m on Saturday, 24th July, 2021. This was contained in a press statement by the Commissioner of Information, Gbenga Omotoso, on Thursday. Part of the statement read, “The restriction is to enable the Lagos […]

Customs Officer Apprehended Stealing From Vessel

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An officer of the Port and Terminal Multi-Purpose Limited Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, was recently apprehended for stealing from a vessel he officially boarded to carry out official duties. The officer, whose name could not immediately be ascertained, was seen with several items he took from the vessel. He […]

Why I’ll Stand Surety For Nnamdi Kanu Again-Senator Abaribe

LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate Minority Leader, Enyinaya Abaribe, on Wednesday said he would stand surety for the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu again given the same circumstances. The Senator explained he stood surety for Kanu when the IPOB leader was arraigned because it was a condition imposed by the […]

Anti-Corruption Group Petitions EFCC, Demands Probe Of Over N92bn Scam In FG Agencies

LAGOS JULY 23RD )NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has received a petition detailing over N92b and millions of money in foreign currencies of public funds squandered by several Federal Government agencies including the country’s foreign missions. In a petition sent to the Chairman, EFCC Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa,  Nigeria’s anti-corruption group, Human and Environmental […]

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