LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has filed a complaint at the United Nations against Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, for illegally detaining his main opponent in the recently concluded Presidential election, Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine. Falana said in a statement on Tuesday that Bobi Wine had been denied access…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandans are celebrating the resumption of internet services after a shutdown was imposed ahead of last week’s election. However, social media platforms remain blocked and are only accessible using Virtual Private Networks (VPN). President Yoweri Museveni, who won an unprecedented sixth term in office, had accused the platforms of being biased. Bobi…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party will challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s election victory. Speaking in a news conference on Sunday (January 17), National Unity Party’s Maathias Mpuuga also condemned what it called the house arrest of Wine and his wife. “We have evidence of ballot stuffing and other forms of election malpractice…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uganda’s government spokesman accused the United States on Tuesday of trying to subvert last week’s presidential elections after the U.S. ambassador attempted to visit an opposition leader being held under house arrest. The military surrounded the home of popstar-turned-legislator Bobi Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, shortly after he cast his…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First Lady Melania Trump, in a video, has given a “farewell message” to the United States, two days before the end of the term of President Donald Trump, her husband. “My fellow Americans, it has been the greatest honour of my life to serve as first lady of the United States,” said…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s very own Burna Boy would be featured on the track for the US presidential inauguration taking place on Wednesday January 20, 2021. African Giant @burnaboygram ‘s ‘Destiny’ has been selected in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Presidential inauguration playlist! The inauguration would take place on Wednesday 20 January 2021. The Inauguration…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has said it will take action against anti-democratic forces and human rights abusers in Uganda following Thursday’s general elections in the country. The U.S. position came in a statement by the Department of State through its spokesperson, Ms Morgan Ortagus, on Saturday. Ortagus said the government was “deeply troubled”…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine with 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the shots, New York Post reported citing the health officials. All 13 were nursing home patients and at least 80 years old. Common…
