LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to probe activist-lawyer Deji Adeyanju and social media personality Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, over allegations relating to terror financing, illicit funding networks and other potential national security concerns. Thia followed a petition submitted by legal practitioner Blessing Agbomhere, who requested…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has threatened to sue Deji Adeyanju over alleged defamatory publications on social media. Obi’s lawyer, Alex Ejesieme (SAN), accused Adeyanju of spreading false and malicious statements against his client, portraying him as corrupt, fraudulent, and a religious bigot. According to…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Deji Adeyanju has slammed those against the planned nationwide protest. The human rights activist said the Naira is almost worthless because of bad policies. He added that the current value of the Nigerian currency is enough to provoke protest. “N100,000 is the new N10,000 and you say people should not protest. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The #EndSARS protest has resumed in Abuja with the protest taken to the Force Headquarters and Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The protest resumed on Sunday with leading activists: Omoyele Sowore, Deji Adeyanju, Raphael Adebayo and Sidney Usman, leading the charge. According to those who reacted to the development, the protest in Lagos…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, has rejected plans by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to censor usage of the social media in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had on Tuesday said there was no going back on plans by the administration to regulate activities on social media in…
LAGOS SEPEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS No fewer than 6,721 concerned Nigerians as well as socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), BudgIT and Enough is Enough (EiE) have sued the National Assembly to stop it from spending N5.5billion to buy luxury cars for principal officials. The case which has been filed at the Federal High Court in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWRANGERS)-Political activist Deji Adeyanju, who was arrested on November 28th while leading a protest in Abuja, was released yesterday Dec. 3rd from the federal prison in Keffi after meeting his bail condition but was re-arrested by a police team waiting around the prison. He will be charged to court later this morning…