LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria continues to defend its territorial integrity against terrorist groups, the office of the prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) has outlined 10 possible cases it could press against Nigerian security forces and the three factions of insurgent groups operating under the popular name of Boko Haram. The ICC prosecutor…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has cautioned its citizens to reconsider travelling to Nigeria. It spoke in response to Friday’s killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a drone airstrike. In a statement published on its website, the US Embassy in Nigeria admonished American citizens to maintain low profile and take personal security measures…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is due to complete his second and final four-year term in 2023 and the battle over who will succeed him is already heating up, placing further pressure on an already strained economy. Buhari has thus far shied away from endorsing his deputy, Yemi Osinbajo, for the position, twice…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad’s months-long mission fighting Boko Haram in neighbouring Nigeria has ended and its 1,200-strong force withdrawn. An army spokesman disclosed this to AFP on Saturday. “It’s our troops who went to aid Nigerian soldiers months ago returning home. They have finished their mission,” spokesman Colonel Azem Bermandoa told AFP. “None of our…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The travel measures taken against Nigeria by the United States last year are starting to have a clear and, potentially, long-term effect. Data from the US travel and tourism office shows Nigeria recorded the largest global drop-off in visitors to the US. As of October 2019, 34,000 fewer Nigerians traveled to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tax payers have 30 days to obtain their 2020 clearance certificates or else the Federal Inland Revenue Service will impose lien on their bank accounts in order to recover outstanding debt they owe the service. The Executive Chairman, Muhammad Nami, said this in a notice to taxpayers released on Sunday. According to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Olusegun Obasanjo on Friday in Lagos expressed deep concern about Nigeria’s current debt profile and warned the Federal Government against “impending bankruptcy.” Obasanjo was a keynote speaker at the “Why I am Alive” campaign celebration in Lagos on Friday. Nigeria’s external debt, he said, grew by as much as 700 percent…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Omoyele Sowore has been nominated to receive the Prisoner of Conscience honour from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States House of Representatives. The bipartisan commission is charged with promoting, defending and advocating for international human rights. U.S lawmaker, Josh Gottheimer, sponsored Sowore’s nomination for the prestigious recognition….