LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A leader of Nigeria’s Jewish community, jailed for a month without charge after being arrested with three visitors from Israel, has been freed. Authorities suspected the visitors had links with a separatist group which had hailed their arrival in Nigeria. Lizben Agha, from the Igbo ethnic group, was released after appeals, including…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday threatened total lockdown of the Southeast and other Biafra States from Monday August 9, 2021 if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not unconditionally released before then. It also asked Governors, individuals and businessmen it earlier listed as collaborators with the Federal government to the…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services gave “logistics difficulties” for not producing the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, in court on Monday, a member of the IPOB leader’s legal team, Aloy Ejimakor, has said. The lawyer stated this in a chat with The PUNCH on Monday. The PUNCH…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Commercial activities were grounded for hours in parts of Anambra on Monday as the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra went underway in Abuja. Mostly affected were the commercial centres of Onitsha and Nnewi where major markets were shut. African Examiner reports that vehicular movements within…