LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer and activist, Inibehe Effiong, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to pay ₦100 million in compensation to 17-year-old Alabi Quadri, who was wrongfully detained for months at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility on allegations of armed robbery. Quadri gained public attention in the lead-up to the 2023 general elections…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Widows of military officers who died in the Hercules C130 military jet that crashed in Lagos on December 26, 1992, have called on the Nigerian military and the Federal Government to pay them their late husbands’ entitlements. The PUNCH reports that the military-transport plane crashed soon after takeoff from Lagos, killing all…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has stated that it will soon issue an order, compelling airline operators to commence payment of compensation to passengers for delayed and cancelled flights not ‘caused’ by natural occurrences. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, said this during a meeting with airline operators in Abuja on…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The disparity in the volume of oil spill from Shell’s field at Angiama community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area in Bayelsa has cause disagreement amongst parties investigating the incident. Although the March incident has been traced to equipment failure, by corrosion, investigations indicate that the Joint Investigative Visit…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a statement on Saturday that his country expects a full investigation, a full admission of guilt and compensation from Iran after the downing of a passenger plane. Iran had earlier said it mistakenly shot down a plane killing all 176 people aboard and voiced its…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has thanked the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Barr. Allen Onyema, over what he described as his “gesture of patriotism and support for humanity”, by providing his aircraft for free evacuation of Nigerians trapped in South Africa. Obi spoke…