LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Numerous Uromi people have reportedly stopped visiting their fields and are taking sanctuary in neighboring towns. The community is terrified of arbitrary arrests and potential reprisal, particularly among young people, many of whom are fleeing. A local named Monday described what happened before the mob attack. Communities near Old Ilushi Road informed…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of migrants were arrested in January as part of a UK-wide crackdown on illegal working, the government has said. Enforcement teams raided 828 premises including nail bars, car washes, and restaurants and made 609 arrests – a 73% increase on the previous January. Home Office Minister Dame Angela Eagle told the…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government is demanding at least $10 billion as retribution from Binance amid crackdown on the crypto exchange platform in desperate moves to salvage the value of the nation’s local currency. Bayo Onanuga, special adviser on information and strategy to President Bola Tinubu, made this known Friday morning in an interview…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it may detain unverified private aircraft after the 30 days importation verification deadline given to owners elapses on July 6. At a briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Public Relations Officer of Customs, Deputy Comptroller Joseph Attah, said so far, only six owners of private…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia has reportedly detained at least 10 people, including two U.S. dual nationals, in what one human rights groups called on Friday a “new campaign of arbitrary arrests” aimed at advocates for free speech and human rights. “We reject this vicious crackdown and call for the immediate release of all prisoners…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 15,000 Cameroonian refugees have fled to Nigeria amid a crackdown on Anglophone separatists, the United Nations (UN) refugee agency and Nigerian government officials said on Thursday. The once-fringe English-speaking movement in majority French-speaking Cameroon has gathered pace in the last few months after a military crackdown on protests, leading it…