LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has dropped a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, designate, Nworka Chidi Benjamin 24 hours after his elevation to the rank was discovered to have been done in error. The apex court through The Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC) said on Friday that the list of Senior Advocates…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governorship candidate of the PDP in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Anambra State, Mr. Val Ozigbo has condemned what he called “mindless non-payment of gratuities to civil servants that retired in Anambra State since 2017.” In a release made available to NewsRangers, Mr. Ozigbo said it was unbelievable that after the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has disclosed that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar; Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed; and Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, have indicated interest to contest for president in the 2023 general elections. Makinde said they are among the “eminently qualified” personalities in the Peoples Democratic…
Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has commended members of the National Assembly over the early amendment of the Electoral Bill. Yakubu who made the commendation in a goodwill remark during a meeting with the Senate and House of Representatives conference committee on the Electoral Act amendment bill 2021 in Abuja…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have attacked a prison in southwest Nigeria, freeing dozens of inmates, an official told The Associated Press Saturday. The third jailbreak in Africa’s most populous country this year raises more concerns about how safe detention facilities are in the West African nation where authorities have struggled to stem rising violence. A…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nurses in Eswatini are refusing to treat police officers as they accuse them of shooting colleagues during a pro-democracy rally on Wednesday. Protests in Africa’s last absolute monarchy, formerly known as Swaziland, have swept the country since June. Some internet services, such as Facebook, were temporarily shut down this week in response…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Borno state, the epicentre of an ongoing Islamist insurgency, will shut all camps that are holding thousands of internally displaced persons by the end of the year, its governor said on Friday, citing improved security in the state. The conflict between the insurgents and Nigeria’s armed forces has also spread to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Traveling around the world is known to be a difficult affair for holders of African passports due to restrictive visa rules. Now a new global passport index is offering a different take on the ranking of passports. Besides taking into account visa-free access, it looks at building mobility, investment opportunity, and quality…
