LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) wishes to inform the general public that all its verification service platforms are functional and accessible to all partners including all security agencies. Furthermore, the Commission said it is aware of the purported ''inability of the Police Service Commission (PSC) to access the NIMC verification server,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume, has said that Nigerians will require the National Identification Number (NIN) to access social services. He also emphasized that the poor and vulnerable population would need it to benefit from palliatives. The SGF made this statement while declaring open an…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of security guards has foiled an attempted robbery on a new-generation bank in the Mushin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday, September 26, 2023, around 10pm. It was learnt that the robber bypassed the main entrance of the bank and gained entry into…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja high court has ordered the Department of State Security (DSS) to immediately grant the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, unrestricted access to his lawyers and family members. The order followed an application filed by Counsel to Emefiele, Mr J.B. Daudu (SAN). Daudu informed…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-People in Senegal have been experiencing internet disruptions as authorities restrict access to social media amid protests. Many of the most popular platforms around, including Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and YouTube, went dark across the country on the evening of June 1—UK-based internet watchdog NetBlocks has reported. Senegal is the third country…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has told the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has refused to produce 70 per cent of the electoral documents he requested to facilitate the prosecution of his petition. Obi, who came third in the February 25 presidential…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has granted the Labour Party (LP) access to the election materials that were used for the February 25, 2023 presidential and the National Assembly elections. LEADERSHIP reports that the Labour Party officials were inspecting the election materials at the Commission’s headquarters in Maitama, Abuja. The LP…
By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Access to justice for everyone in all communities is an important right and requirement for building fair and peaceful societies – yet this objective has been achieved in few if any nations, and the consequences are damaging for social, economic and political progress and stability. Studies indicate…