LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A five-member crew of a Ghanaian flagged fishing vessel has been abducted by some suspected Nigeria gangs at sea. The Motor Vessel (MV) Atlantic Princess was said to have been abducted 70 nautical miles south of Tema in the early hours of last Thursday, May 20, 2021. According to reliable sources, there…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People of Biafra has formed an alliance with a pro-independence movement in western Cameroon, ‘Ambazonia Governing Council.’ The alliance between the separatist groups will see them exchange weapons and personnel to enable them to achieve their breakaway agenda. IPOB is seeking to break the South-East away from Nigeria to form…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chief in Zimbabwe has ordered the exhumation and reburial of Robert Mugabe’s remains at the national heroes’ shrine in Harare after accusing the late leader’s wife of breaking local custom by interring him at his rural home in 2019. Mugabe, who was ousted in a coup that brought Emmerson Mnangagwa to…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Military officers in Mali detained the president, prime minister and defence minister of the interim government on Monday, deepening political chaos just months after a military coup ousted the previous president, multiple sources told Reuters. President Bah Ndaw, Prime Minister Moctar Ouane and defence minister Souleymane Doucoure were all taken to a…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Europe’s biggest bank, BNP-Paribas, has been charged with “laundering” tens of millions of euros worth of public money in France for the family of Gabon’s late leader Omar Bongo, in what plaintiffs have called a “historic first”. After decades of relative impunity, French courts have in recent years sought to clamp down…
CHIEF MALCOLM EMOKINIOVO OMIRHOBO 121 Okota Road Isolo, Lagos State omirhobo@yahoo.com 08033072453 António Guterres The Secretary General of the United Nations UN House Plot 617/618, Central Area District, Diplomatic Zone PMB 2851, Garki, Abuja FCT, Nigeria Dear Sir RE : SOS ON THE UNABATED, INTERNALISED, SYSTEMATIC AND INSTITUTIONALISED GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA: I am a Nigerian…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has said that the $7 million bounty placed on the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, will not be given to members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province. The US made this known via a tweet by its State Department Rewards for Justice Program while…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Multinational oil giant Shell has revealed its intention to withdraw from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector. Making this known at Shell’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, the CEO, Van Beurden, said his organisation was in talks with the Nigerian government to work out how to exit its onshore licenses. Mr Beurden explained that…