LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.N. human rights office is calling on Iran’s government to immediately release thousands of people who have been detained for participating in peaceful protests, faulting its “increasing harshness” as Western countries seek to ratchet up scrutiny of Tehran’s crackdown against demonstrators. Spokesman Jeremy Laurence of the office of the U.N. High…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court has charged 26 men with conspiracy to commit a maritime offence and attempting to illegally deal in crude oil after authorities accused their supertanker of sailing in Nigerian waters without authority. The captain is an Indian national while the crew members are from Poland, India, Sri-Lanka and Pakistan, court…
The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal has set aside the judgment of Federal High Court Abuja, removing Godswill Akpabio as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. A three-member panel of justices read by Justice Danlami Senchi on Monday held that Akpabio failed to file a proof…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some alleged members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have threatened to make Anambra State ungovernable and to force the state Governor Chukwuma Soludo to resign through killings They warned that since he has decided to use police and military to hunt them, they will make the State ungovernable for him. A…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have complained that despite the naira’s gains in the past week, the costs of goods and services remain high. Recall that the naira miraculously recovered to N680/$ after reaching an all-time low of N900/$. Black market traders attributed the sudden improvement to eased demand and increased inflows of FX in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Since Peter Obi announced his plan to contest for the 2023 presidency under the platform of the Labour Party, his supporters have continued to strategise and re-strategise their campaign activities ahead of the election. From organising street rallies for the sensitisation of voters to community activities like cleaning the roads and drainages,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World’s leading audit and tax consulting firm, Deloitte US has said it has no employment records for Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is running to be president of Nigeria in 2023. The firm stated this in a letter dated September 20, 2022, and signed by Senior Legal Specialist, Tish Negron, in response to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Civil society organisations expressed mixed reactions as the National Broadcasting Commission fined Arise TV for airing fake reports about the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Bola Tinubu. NBC on Monday fined Arise TV N2m for breaching the broadcasting code. Reacting, the Executive Director, Transition Monitoring Group, Auwal Rafsanjani, urged…