Gowon: Why It Is Impossible To Restructure Nigeria

http://ift.tt/2xshnz1 Gowon LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWRANGERS)-Ex-Head of state, General Yakubu Gowon has said that restructuring Nigeria is impossible. General Gowon said Nigeria’s restructuring is impossible because the country is made up of over 5000 ethnic groups with ethnic dialects and languages which would not allow each group to yield to another in terms of concession…

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Metuh Advises His Lawyers Review Summons On Jonathan

http://ift.tt/2zHQrfe LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh said he has instructed his lawyers to review the issue of the subpoena ordered to be served on former president, Goodluck Jonathan to testify in his trial. In a statement, he personally signed yesterday; Metuh said the decision was due to…

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Metuh: I Have Not And Will Never Betray Jonathan

http://ift.tt/2gLF1Dx LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olisa Metuh, former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Thursday declared that he will never connive with anyone against former President Goodluck Jonathan. Metuh was reacting to a statement credited to the Save Ijaw Nation Group, where they claimed his appeal to an Abuja Federal High Court…

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2,000 Cameroon Refugees Fled To Nigeria In Past Two Weeks

http://ift.tt/2gNx9BA FILE PHOTO LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- More than 2,000 people have fled southern Cameroon and entered Nigeria over the past two weeks, fallout from renewed oppression of Angolophone Cameroonians in the predominantly French-speaking country, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is now preparing a…

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Turkish Court Releases 10 Detained Amnesty Int’l Human Right Defenders

http://ift.tt/2zG0i5z LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Istanbul, Turkey has conditionally released ten detained human rights defenders while their trial continues. Among those ten released is Idil Eser, Amnesty International Turkey’s Director. Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General in a statement made available to NewsRangers said, “Today, finally, we celebrate that our friends and colleagues…

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