LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. Consul General Claire Pierangelo on Tuesday reiterated the importance of Nigeria’s entrepreneurs to the continued growth of economies in the West African sub-region and the prosperity of the continent. Speaking at a one-day capacity-building seminar for the first cohort of U.S. sponsored Tony Elumelu Foundation alumni, Ms. Pierangelo noted that population…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia executed the highest number of prisoners in recent years in 2019, a year that saw the kingdom come under intense scrutiny over its human rights record, a new report says. In total, 184 people were executed last year, including 90 foreign nationals, according to a report by the legal charity…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of demonstrators in cities across Iran faced tear gas and accused security forces of firing live ammunition as police aggressively countered intensifying protests prompted by the downing of a Ukrainian commercial jet. The New York-based Center for Human Rights in Iran posted video of crowds fleeing tear gas clouds in Tehran’s Freedom…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A container-laden truck has crushed two persons to death after it tumbled on motion. The crash occurred at the Akankan village, along Olodo on the Abeokuta-Ibadan Road in the Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trader, Anthony Okolie, who was arrested by the Department of State Services and detained for 10 weeks, has sued the DSS for N500m. Okolie, in a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, by his lawyer, Tope Akinyode, also demanded N500m from Hanan Buhari, the daughter of…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have tightened security around the United States Embassy and British High Commission in Abuja in response to fears they could be targeted by groups sympathetic to Iran in retaliation for the killing of its most powerful military commander, Qassem Soleimani. The head of…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits suspected to be herdsmen have sacked 10 communities in Chikun and Brinin Gwari local Government Areas of Kaduna State. About 35 persons have been allegedly killed by the bandits while about 58 persons have also been abducted. The bandits, who have established communication links with the relatives of the abducted, were…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Etuhu, elder brother of former Super Eagles defensive midfielder Dickson Etuhu, has been handed a 10 year jail term for allegedly masterminding kidnapping and torture for ransom. Michael who is a football agent, was accused of arranging the kidnap and torture of a major drug dealer and father of one, Haider…
