LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s central bank is halting dollar sales to exchange bureaus, saying they have become conduits for graft and illicit flows of money. “It is a huge hemorrhage on our scarce foreign exchange reserves and it cannot continue,” the bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, said on Tuesday. The decision by the central bank, which…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Zakzaky and his wife, Zeenah, had been in detention since 2015 when he was arrested after a clash in which the army killed an estimated 350 people at an IMN compound and a nearby mosque and burial ground in northern Kaduna state. The couple had been facing a range of charges filed…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Benin has ordered that a Nigerian separatist leader being held in the country be moved to prison from police custody. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, is accused of entering the country illegally and planning to cause trouble but he denied the charges. He was arrested at a…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The terrorist group Boko Haram/ISWAP has released photos of the two soldiers and a Yobe Liaison Officer they kidnapped on Saturday along the Damaturu-Maiduguri highway. It’s noted that the abductees’ identity cards were also released by the militants. Two of the ID cards on exhibit belong to Mai Lalle, one belongs to…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benin Republic has filed fresh charges against Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, who was arrested in the country last Monday. Ibrahim Salami, one of the Cotonou, Benin Republic-based lawyers of Sunday Igboho, disclosed the new charges after Monday’s hearing, where Igboho was ordered to remain in police…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has hailed Mr. Peter Obi on the occasion of his 60th birthday, describing him as a sincere patriot, deeply committed to nation building. Obi, who was the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, marked his 60th birthday on July…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a classic tale of the unexpected, a nine year-old girl has been caught on CCTV as the person responsible for the burning of the multi-billion Naira Ebeano Supermarket in Abuja. The police have now arrested the minor, who walked to the inflammable section and lit the fire that destroyed the supermarket….
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck in Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State after a yet-to-be identified lady jumped into an uncompleted building and set herself ablaze. Members of a vigilante group which discovered the tragedy were alerted by smoke bellowing from the building. By the time they got there, they saw the burnt body…
