LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has expressed happiness over the fact that the RevolutionNow protests took place in parts of the country. Sowore, who has refused to eat meals given to him all along by the secret police, expressed gratitude to Nigerians and the international community for their support, urging them to…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested Dan-Halilu, a former Politics Editor at Daily Trust newspaper, for endorsing the #RevolutionNow protest. Dan-Halilu was picked up in his room after writing a post on his Facebook timeline, endorsing the protest. Dan-Halilu was a staunch supporter of President Muhammadu before the 2015…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has moved Omoyele Sowore, human rights campaigner, from its facility in Lagos to Abuja. Sources at the DSS said Sowore, who has been held incommunicado since Saturday, is currently being detained in Abuja. Although the secret police is yet to make any comment on his arrest,…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Security Service on Wednesday announced a nationwide crackdown on individuals allegedly caught posting inciting materials on the Internet, in a move that could provoke fresh debates about the potency of Nigerian Constitution’s free speech safeguards. The SSS said it had recently observed that some social media users were skewing Nigeria’s…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other agencies involved in the probe of Senate President Bukola Saraki over corruption allegations. Saraki on Friday filed two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits before the court to challenge the decision of the EFCC to seize…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa-based journalist Jones Abiri has once again been arrested by men of the Department of State Services (DSS). Abiri was arrested at Ayabowei Plaza in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. SaharaReporters understands that the men stormed the venue with a white Hilux and black SUV while Abiri was discussing with his colleagues…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council has sent a petition to the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services asking both agencies to investigate the Peoples Democratic Party over its alleged access to the server of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Director of Strategic Communications of the APC…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Luxury bus drivers have said their lives are in danger during this Christmas season following incessant attacks on their members by hoodlums on the highways. The Chairman of National Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria, Mr. Joseph Ejiofor, disclosed this on Thursday at a press conference in Onitsha, Anambra State. He…