LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit against the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio over “the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, as the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression.” Mr Akpabio is sued…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olabode George, yesterday, called on all stakeholders in the party not to contemplate allowing the former Vice President and presidential candidate of the party in 2019 and 2023, Atiku Abubakar, to again emerge as the flag bearer in 2027. George, in a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A London court has awarded a $380 million judgment against the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) for non-delivery of cargoes to trading houses Vitol and Glencore. The court awarded $260 million in compensation to Vitol, and $120 million to Glencore. The case heard in London’s High Court and Court of Appeal is…
LAGOS FERBUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tens of thousands of people marched in Germany on Sunday to protest against the decision by the centre-right leader – and frontrunner in a looming election – to send to parliament proposals for tough migration rules that received the backing of a far-right party. Angry protesters in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Leipzig and…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and socio-political organisation, Afenifere and ex-Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, commended legal luminary, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), for agreeing to withdraw the defamation cases instituted against human rights activist and lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Afenifere and Obi gave the commendation in separate interviews with The PUNCH on…
LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-France and Germany on Wednesday warned Donald Trump against threatening “sovereign borders” after the US president-elect refused to rule out military action to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of European Union member Denmark. “There is no question of the EU letting other nations in the world, whoever they may be… attack its…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Confederation of African Football has imposed a hefty $50,000 fine on Libya and ordered the country to play two matches behind closed doors following supporter and official misconduct during their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Benin in Benghazi on November 18. This latest sanction comes barely two months after…
LAGOS DECEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Dele Farotimi said he has never lied against anyone in his quest for a better Nigeria. He said this on Tuesday after his release from a correctional centre in Ekiti State upon meeting his bail conditions. Farotimi is being prosecuted by the police for allegedly defaming senior lawyer, Afe…