LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen kidnapped scores of GIGMobility bus passengers on Saturday in the Obajana area of Kogi State. SaharaReporters learnt that the GIGMobility bus was moving from Lagos State to Abuja on Saturday, when it was attacked by gunmen around Obajana heading to Lokoja. The kidnappers took all of the passengers away, but…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the incessant increase in Customs exchange rate for clearance of imported items at the Nigerian seaports and Airports, and instability of foreign exchange in the country, importers in the country have started dumping Nigerian seaports for Port of Tema, Ghana; Port of Lome, Togo and Port of Cotonou, Benin Republic, LEADERSHIP…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Benin Republic has been ordered to pay Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Igboho, 20 million CFA. The Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, sitting in Abuja ruled that the sum was compensation for violating Igboho’s fundamental rights and unlawful…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians celebrated Democracy Day yesterday. A day set aside to mark the annulment of June 12, 1993 presidential election, won by the late Chief MKO Abiola. One of those in the trenches to actualize the mandate then was Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). He is now the President….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the recent completion and commissioning of the $1.5 billion Lekki deep seaport, some landlocked countries have indicated interest in moving their cargoes from Lekki in Lagos to other African countries, given the opportunity of smooth operations and efficiency of the port. This comes as the newly inaugurated Dala Dry Inland Port…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho has said the secession of Yoruba Nation he has been agitating for will soon be achieved. Igboho stated this in a message sent to SaharaReporters via his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki. Koiki said the activist asked him to thank major Yoruba leaders in the country who…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho was tried behind closed doors at the Cour D’Appel De Cotonou. Journalists and his supporters were barred from the court proceeding, The PUNCH was told. It was learnt that only his lawyers and wife were allowed to witness the proceeding. The Beninese court…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Benin Republic court in Cotonou has reportedly ordered the return of the passport of Ropo, the wife of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, as well as other documents seized from them. Sources at the court told SaharaReporters that the court ruled that all travel documents of…