LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-West Africa’s top court on Thursday rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of coup-related sanctions imposed by its neighbors, ruling that the junta is unconstitutional and therefore lacks the authority to make such a request. Following the July coup that toppled Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum, the West African regional…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal appellate judge has died as processes for his elevation to the Supreme Court commenced. Judiciary sources told Peoples Gazette Justice Joseph Shagbaor Ikyegh passed on Wednesday evening in his home town of Makurdi. He was 65. Mr Ikyegh was the president of the Port Harcourt Division until he suddenly slumped before his…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Utah Sen. Mike Lee (R) introduced a bill to Congress on Wednesday, Dec. 6 which called for the complete withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations. The bill, titled Disengaging Entirely from the United Nations Debacle (DEFUND) Act, would see the U.S. stop participating in U.N. peacekeeping operations including providing…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hunter Biden was indicted on nine tax charges in California on Thursday as a special counsel investigation into the business dealings of President Joe Biden‘s son intensifies against the backdrop of the looming 2024 election. The new charges — three felonies and six misdemeanors — are in addition to federal firearms charges…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has congratulated Victor Osimhen for emerging winner of the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC) Player of the Year award. The Nigerian international, 24, won the award following a fantastic season that saw him helping Napoli to the Serie…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A student of Ogbe Secondary School in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State was on Tuesday drowned in the swimming pool of a popular hotel in Benin City. The student whose identity was yet to be ascertained as of the time of filing this report was said to have left the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the management of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) to provide answers to the whereabouts of over $1.8 billion in the purse of the Authority. It also threatened to use all instruments available by law to bring the management of NPA…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vladimir Putin made a rare trip to the Middle East today in an attempt to invigorate his relationship with select Gulf nations. He first stopped in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and all along the way his Il-96PU jet was escorted by Russian Su-35S Flankers. Trips outside of Russia, and…