LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Akwa Ibom government has reportedly barred the Channels Television crew from the government house press centre in Uyo, the state capital. The barring of Christopher Moffat and Kufre Ikpe — Channels TV’s reporter and cameraman, respectively — from the centre followed the broadcast of a video in which Umo Eno, the…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A high court sitting in Makurdi has granted an ex-parte order stopping the Dr. Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Wilfred Kpochi, who granted the order, directed that Ayu restrains himself from acting as the national chairman of the party pending the…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former soccer star Robinho was ordered to hand over his passport while Brazilian judicial authorities determine whether he should serve his nine-year sentence for rape in Brazil. Robinho was convicted in Italy in 2017 for his part in the group sexual assault in Milan that took place four years previously, when he…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Should President Muhammadu Buhari sign the new Electoral Act amendment bill recently forwarded to him by the National Assembly into law, all political appointees in his government would no longer be eligible, either as voting delegates or aspirants during the conventions or congresses of their political parties. The implication is that some…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Communications Commission has disqualified anyone below the age of 18 from registering and owning a Subscriber Identity Module in Nigeria. This is according to the draft copy of the modified Registration of Telephone Subscribers Regulations published on the commission’s website. In the modified regulations, NCC limited telecoms subscribers to only…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guinea’s junta said on Monday its members are barred from standing in the next national or local elections, and that it will agree on the length of transition to elections with an 81-member Transitional National Council (TNC). Earlier this month the leader of the Sept. 5 coup, Mamady Doumbouya, shrugged off asset…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China has temporarily banned entry of foreign nationals travelling from Canada, even if they hold valid Chinese residence permits for work, the Chinese consulate in Toronto said. “All foreign nationals who hold valid Chinese residence permits for work, personal matters and reunion are temporarily not allowed to enter China from Canada,” the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu has just announced that no Unity Schools will participate in the scheduled WAEC exams. Mr Adamu stated this after the Federal Executive Council on Wednesday. He said that none of the schools under his ministry will resume until schools are considered safe. The Minister urged…