LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the release of nine #EndSARS protesters detained since 2020, Amnesty International has demanded the release of others still in incarceration. The international organisation said the investigation it carried out in October 2022 showed that over 40 #EndSARS protesters were still languishing in prisons across Nigeria. A statement on Wednesday by its…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All outbound flights were grounded until around 9am Eastern Time (2pm GMT) as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worked to restore its Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system, which alerts pilots of potential hazards along a flight route. As of 3pm GMT 4,948 flights within, into or out of the US have…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely after her erstwhile boss, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, delivered a scathing review of the dismal performance of the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), the former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, dropped a terse, but caustic remark about the booby-trap 2023 budget. Obasanjo asked Nigerian youths, about 65 per cent…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Plateau police command has arrested one Albarka Sukuya, a pastor, for allegedly kidnapping himself and collecting ransom from church members. Alfred Alabo, the command’s public relations officer, made this known in a statement on Wednesday. He said the suspect was arrested by the police in November 2022 after incidents of staging…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare open the 9th African Shippers’ Day in Lagos. The event will be hosted by the the nation’s Port Economic Regulator, Nigerian Shippers’ Council in collaboration with Union of African Shippers’ Councils (UASC) will hold the 9th edition of African Shippers’ Day in Lagos from Monday…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Candid Estate, Araromi near Okoafo, Badagry, Lagos State have expressed discontent over the demolition of their buildings by the state government. The demolition was executed by the Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), residents confirmed to SaharaReporters. According to them, there was no quit notice issued to them by Governor…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Police Inspector and his two female accomplices have been arrested by the police over a missing baby in Lagos state. The police inspector identified as Samuel Ukpabio who is attached to the State Criminal Investigation Department SCID, is accused of forcefully abducting a baby boy from the mother, 35-year-old Fortune Obafuoso. Punch…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suspected armed robber has been lynched by an angry mob for allegedly robbing a unisex salon on Governors Road in the Ikotun area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was part of a three-man gang that attacked the salon around 11am on Saturday and dispossessed both workers and…