LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from Ghana have been held for more than a week at a Washington, D.C.-area airport, according to the American Civil Liberties Union. Anabella Gyasi arrived at Dulles International Airport on May 19 with a valid tourist visa to bring her son to the United States…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A prominent Zaria-based Islamic scholar, Sani Khalifa, has been held in detention for 23 days over his alleged link to a coup plot against President Bola Tinubu. Multiple sources familiar with the case told this reporter that Mr Khalifa was picked up by security agents in Abuja shortly after he travelled from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has confirmed the release of the Nigerian Air Force aircraft and 11 soldiers detained in Burkina Faso after a forced landing. Confirming the development on Wednesday night, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Kimiebi Ebienfa, said the aircraft and personnel had been released. He said, “Yes,…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The viral Ibom Air passenger has broken the silence after her release from prison following her altercation with an air hostess. She was released on Wednesday afternoon after a Lagos court struck out the five-count charge against her. Comfort was filmed having a physical altercation with an air hostess and other…
LAGOS DECEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Royal Caribbean passenger died after being detained for allegedly assaulting crew members and threatening other travelers in a drunken fit of rage, according to a report. Michael Virgil, 35, died Friday onboard the Ensenada-bound cruise after his family claims security injected him with some kind of sedative, FOX 11 reported. Virgil…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Polish students and a lecturer from the Warsaw University who were detained in Nigeria during protests there have been released, the Polish foreign ministry said Wednesday. They are in good health and will be returning home this week. The ministry’s spokesman, Pawel Wronski, said the seven Polish citizens have had their…
LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Security Service has detained a Nigerian journalist, Adejuwon Soyinka, who is the West African Regional Editor of the Conversation Africa, PREMIUM TIMES learnt on Sunday. Mr Soyinka, a former Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, was detained by SSS operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos at…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has stated that over 1000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are currently in prison custody nationwide following the recent hunger protests. The protests, which were held between August 1 and 10, turned violent in some parts of the country, with reports of looting and vandalism in several states. On August…