http://ift.tt/2tzQPLh Supporters of the Indigenous People of Biafra march in Port Harcourt in January in support of then-president-elect Donald Trump. (Agence France-Presse/Getty Images) By Eromo Egbejule Eromo Egbejule is a Lagos-based journalist covering West Africa. He is working on a documentary about the civil war. In 2006, my freshman year at the University of Nigeria,…
http://ift.tt/2tXMFQp Hameed Ali LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service, Joseph Attah, has said some people cannot access their e-auction portal because of technical problems. The portal was launched on Tuesday by the Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali. However, many interested bidders lamented the unavailability of the platform. Attah said the challenges had already been…
http://ift.tt/2tXQ01F Customs Explains Why Bidders Can’t Access e-auction Site Hameed Ali LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spokesperson of the Nigeria Customs Service, Joseph Attah, has said some people cannot access their e-auction portal because of technical problems. The portal was launched on Tuesday by the Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali. However, many interested bidders lamented the unavailability of the…
http://ift.tt/2uQmSWv LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Warri prison located in Okere in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State is seriously congested and in a deplorable state. According to Daily Post, the Prison which currently houses more than a thousand five hundred inmates usually suffers lack of water supply as a result of poor electricity. Consequently,…
http://ift.tt/2sSOER2 Prison In Deplorable State LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Warri prison located in Okere in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State is seriously congested and in a deplorable state. According to Daily Post, the Prison which currently houses more than a thousand five hundred inmates usually suffers lack of water supply as a result…
http://ift.tt/2svDTom Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty Turkey, was detained along with 7 other human rights defenders at a workshop in Istanbul on 5 July 2017. LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has accused the Turkish police of arresting and detaining the Director of Amnesty International in Turkey, Idil Eser and seven human right defenders. The were…
http://ift.tt/2svDSki Police Arrest Amnesty Director, Seven Others Idil Eser, Director of Amnesty Turkey, was detained along with 7 other human rights defenders at a workshop in Istanbul on 5 July 2017. LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has accused the Turkish police of arresting and detaining the Director of Amnesty International in Turkey, Idil Eser and…
http://ift.tt/2uwf2lG Dino Melaye LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embattled Senator Dino Melaye failed on Thursday in his bid to stop the ongoing recall process by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Justice John Tsoho in an ex-parte ruling rejected Melaye’s motion for a temporary injunction restraining INEC from proceeding with the recall process until the determination of…