LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says the government will be making a mistake if it files charges against Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, who is the convener of #RevolutionNow movement, has been detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) since Saturday. The DSS had accused him of threatening public peace…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday described the opposition All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa State as a party that lacks the political presence at the ward, local government and state levels to win the state governorship election slated for November 16. Jonathan, who stated this during the PDP Elders’ Advisory Council meeting…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN) has expressed disappointment that the convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore, has not been arraigned. The publisher of Sahara Reporters and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the February 2019 elections was arrested in the early hours of Saturday by operatives of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police on Tuesday in Lagos staged a show of force on some major roads in the state, with a view to check any protest. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that #RevolutionNow protestors were on Monday dispersed by security agents at various locations in Lagos. Operatives of the Rapid Respond Squad,…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten Nigerians have been arrested from a house in west Delhi’s Mohan Garden from where they had allegedly been befriending Indians on social media and cheating them, Indian police said. The arrested Nigerians are aged between 26 and 28 and could not produce visas and passports, prompting the police to also book…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police in Lagos State have arrested two Chinese, Lin Piehao, 22 and Li Ruoneng, 27, who allegedly operate a factory where e-waste is illegally assembled and exported to China and Vietnam. A very competent police source who confirmed the arrest to journalists on Tuesday in Lagos, said operatives from Area “F” Command,…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services, DSS, yesterday released leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife, following the order of Kaduna High Court. The court had ruled that the cleric and his wife be allowed to travel to India for medical attention. Public Relations Officer of DSS,…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has expressed happiness over the fact that the RevolutionNow protests took place in parts of the country. Sowore, who has refused to eat meals given to him all along by the secret police, expressed gratitude to Nigerians and the international community for their support, urging them to…
