LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been arrested and “brought back” to the country to face trial, the justice minister said Tuesday. Kanu’s outlawed movement, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), which agitates for a separate state for ethnic Igbos in southeast Nigeria, is accused of fomenting violence, something which it…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s top court has jailed former president Jacob Zuma for “egregious” contempt of court after he refused to appear before a corruption investigation he himself set up. Mr Zuma, 79, was told to turn himself in within five days or face arrest in a landmark victory for rule-of-law campaigners who accuse…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivory Coast president cleared by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, on Monday slammed The Hague-based court as biased and “not serious”. Gbagbo’s first comments on the trial and his acquittal since his return to Ivory Coast after a 10-year absence, was met with rousing cheers…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past President of Nigerian Port Authority, NPA, branch of Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, and a former Vice Chairman of Lagos State Council, of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Adeleke Sanni, is dead. He died on Sunday in Lagos. President-General of MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, who confirmed his death, said…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundred of passengers on Abuja/Kaduna train are currently stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train developed faults few minutes into the journey. Five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault. Twice, the train stopped before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down. Midat…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person has been reportedly killed and many injured when armed masquerades invaded a mosque at Oluode Aranyin area of Osogbo capital of Osun. Our correspondent gathered many worshippers were injured during the attack on Sunday evening. An eyewitness disclosed the reason for the invasion by the masquerades was not yet known,…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Lagos is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated in 2018. The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the production is an invaluable addition to the…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Dubai-based businessman, Jude Eze, has accused some personnel of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority of absconding with his bleeding wife, Sophia, during an arrest. It was gathered that Jude was arrested on Friday in the Akowonjo area of the state by a combined team of policemen and LASTMA officials for…
