LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Presidency has replied notable Nigerians opposing the action taken by the DSS in arresting rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 election, Mr. Omoyele Sowore It mentioned the name of Soyinka in particular as one of the critics, saying that much as the…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, says protest marches in Nigeria are not treasonable offences. Falana made this known on Sunday in a statement he issued. His comments follow the arrest of former Presidential Candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2019 General Elections, Omoyele…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr Mike Ozekhome, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration of not being tolerant to criticism. Ozekhome, who appeared as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, said the current government is “allergic to plurality of voices and criticism”. He said: “Dancing on…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has condemned the arrest of activist Omoyele Sowore. Mr Sowore, a presidential candidate in the last election, was arrested on Saturday for calling for a revolution against poor governance. “Beyond the word ‘revolution, another much mis-used and misunderstood word, nothing that Sowore has uttered, written, or advocated…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency says the ballot box is the only constitutional means of changing government and a president in Nigeria, adding that the days of coups and revolutions are over. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, while reacting…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has moved Omoyele Sowore, human rights campaigner, from its facility in Lagos to Abuja. Sources at the DSS said Sowore, who has been held incommunicado since Saturday, is currently being detained in Abuja. Although the secret police is yet to make any comment on his arrest,…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-The new cutting-edge cancer treatment machine just installed at the National Hospital Abuja will reduce patient’s treatment waiting time from 16 minutes to two minutes, the Chief Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr. Jaf Momoh, said on Friday at the inauguration of the equipment by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-What could have been responsible for the death of a 61 year old man who was found stone dead inside his locked up vehicle at Obalende road Lagos Island, is the riddle the detectives in Lagos police command are set to crack. According to TheCaveat.info’s investigation, residents in Obalende suddenly realised the…
