LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil society organization, Advocacy for Societal Rights Advancement and Development Initiative (ASRADI), has lodged a lawsuit with a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking to prevent the planned inauguration of Bola Tinubu as the President of Nigeria. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the suit, labelled FHC/ABJ/CS/669/2023, accuses Tinubu of perjury due to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran activist, Charly Boy has revealed that Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo reportedly stopped 1.5 million citizens of Chad from gaining access into the country in order to participate in Saturday’s presidential election. Charly Boy made the revelation on his Instagram page. According to Charly Boy, the Nigerian elder statesman received a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed a bid by a factional group in the Action Alliance (AA) party to stop the certificate forgery suit instituted against the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The bid by the group loyal to Tinubu and led by…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is unfazed by the Federal Government of Nigeria’s seeming attempt to muzzle the media. Insiders chatted with DAILY POST in reaction to the fine slammed on Trust Television Network (Trust TV) and others. The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) fined the multimedia wing of Media Trust Limited N5million…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria asked Google to block the use of YouTube channels and livestreams by banned groups and terrorist organizations in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed said on Thursday. Nigeria has been exploring ways to regulate social media usage in the country, Africa’s most populous. The country is home to millions of internet…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court Sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday overruled an application seeking to examine the iPhone SIM slot of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. He is facing an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo. The court listened to the cross-examination…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commuters on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday were stranded as livestock traders caused gridlock on the road. PUNCH Metro gathered that in anticipation of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the traders around the Kara Market, Ogun State, displayed their animals on the road, thereby restricting motorists to a little portion of the road. Our…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry Nigerians protesting against bad governance and insecurity on Monday morning staged a peaceful protest and blocked Abuja Airport Road. The protesters, mostly youths, took their campaign to Dantata Bridge, along the road which serves as a major entrance and exit points to the capital city as early as 5:00am chanting #BuhariMustGo. …