LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of tomorrow’s swearing-in of the President Elect, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the last election, Peter Obi, has urged his supporters and citizens in general to remain calm and law abiding, as only the court of law will decide the actual winner of the poll…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day with no sign of a truce that had been declared for a major Muslim holiday. While world powers like the U.S. and Britain airlifted their diplomats from the capital of Khartoum, Sudanese desperately sought to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERSThe United Kingdom, through its Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has issued safety advisories to its citizens in Nigeria and those travelling into Nigeria following the Central Bank of Nigeria naira redesign policy. In its updated advisories on Wednesday, the country urged its citizens in Nigeria and those travelling into the country…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-On World Refugee Day, we look at the inspirational stories of three athletes who, having represented the IOC Refugee Olympic Team, have now been granted citizenship in their host countries. Three different journeys that all send the same message of hope and humanity. “I now represent Great Britain, which makes me feel included”…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The United Kingdom government has warned its citizens in Nigeria against visiting Delta State and eleven other states in Nigeria over possible terror attacks. The advisory from the UK through its Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) followed concerns on the possibility of terrorists carrying out attacks in Nigeria. In a statement published…
LAGOS MAY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, Edo State has called for the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer, Etete Police Division Benin City, Adesuwa Omoruyi, and some other officers for alleged extortion and harassment of citizens in the area. The association accused the DPO of turning the station into a cash…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) is seriously concerned by the growing undemocratic clampdown, unchecked impunity and dictatorial moves by authorities in Niger Republic to suppress citizens’ fundamental rights and freedom through secretive arbitrary arrests and unlawful detention of peaceful protesters, human right activists. The group in a statement signed by…
By Chubi Eze LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-As the COVID-19 pandemic spread like wildfire around the world, leaders of several nations instituted emergency efforts to repatriate their citizens from foreign shores. For Nigerians in foreign lands, accustomed to the usual incompetence of their officials, there was a sliver of optimism that the Nigerian government would finally…