LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has seized about $6.1 million belonging to Nigeria after a hired arms supplier pleaded guilty to charges including illegal dealing in military-grade weapons and money laundering, court documents reviewed by Peoples Gazette said. Judge Erica Grosjean of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ordered the…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that the National Water Resources Bill 2020 will soon be reintroduced at the National Assembly. If passed into law, communities and people living along water fronts in the country, particularly Niger Delta Region, Lagos State and other aquatic areas in the country will be…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking an amendment to the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. In the letter, President Buhari wants an amendment to the new Act to allow for the removal of the Ministers of Petroleum and Finance from the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Sudanese authorities said they had foiled an attempted coup on Tuesday, accusing plotters loyal to ousted president Omar al-Bashir of a failed bid to derail the revolution that removed him from power in 2019 and ushered in a transition to democracy. Sudan’s military said 21 officers and a number of soldiers…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi will miss Paris Saint-Germain’s game away to Metz on Wednesday due to a knee injury which coach Mauricio Pochettino has said was the real reason behind his surprise decision to take the six-time Ballon d’Or winner off against Lyon at the weekend. The Argentine star underwent an MRI on Tuesday…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian authorities imposed a communications blackout on Monday in several parts of Sokoto state as a crackdown against armed kidnappers in the country’s northwest region spreads. Gangs of armed men seeking lucrative ransom payments, known locally as bandits, have spread across northwestern Nigeria over the past year, kidnapping more than 1,000 students…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Haitian migrants had done well for themselves. Since leaving their country, many more than a decade ago, they had built lives in Chile, Brazil, Panama. They had homes and cars. They had stable jobs as bank tellers, welders, mine supervisors, gas station attendants. But they longed for the possibility of a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mushin area of Lagos State was yesterday, thrown into commotion as some armed gang invaded some streets, inflicting injuries on residents and destroying property worth millions of naira. It was gathered one person died in the mayhem that forced churches within the affected communities to close for fear of being attacked. Information…
