LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Tanzanian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Willibrod Slaa, former parliamentarian and Tanzanian Ambassador to Sweden, Boniface Mwabukusi, a lawyer and activist, and Mdude Nyagali, a political activist, all of whom were arrested between 12 and 13 August simply for criticizing a port deal between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to declare a nationwide strike if there is further hike in the pump price of petrol from the existing N617 naira. It vowed to proceed on total, comprehensive and indefinite nationwide shutdown of the country. This was made known by the NLC President, Joe Ajaero,…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday in Abeokuta said it has apprehended one Akeem Owonikoko, a suspected armed robber, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Highway. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement said Owonikoko was arrested after an operation led by ACP Omosanyi Adeniyi, the Area…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is discontent at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, over the ‘missing’ two trainee helicopters acquired for the college by the Federal Government in 2010. The current market value of the two equipment indicates $2.5 million (about N2.375 billion) each, totaling N4.750 billion. This is as Daily Independent gathered…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi has ordered that the traditional Oro festival should no longer hold in the town. Oba Akanbi also banned any form of sacrifice to appease god or deity in the town, declaring that anybody caught with sacrifice should be made to eat the materials. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is booming due to hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since humans only need one kidney for survival, they can donate the other to a sick person. In recent years, there has been an increase in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state, leading to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billion naira worth of Cocaine, Opioids and Loud recovered from…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Charles Oputa,also known as Charly Boy or Area fada ,has taken a swipe at Anambra state Governor, Charles Soludo over his failures in governance. In a post shared on Twitter, Charly Boy raised concerns over Soludo’s inability to perform just like his colleague, Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia state. According to…
