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…