LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 19 Myanmar police officers have crossed the border into India in the latest sign of growing dissent within the security forces and civil service officials who are opposed to the military coup. The first reported case of police fleeing the country came as one of the country’s top diplomats resigned…
LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ugandan court has ordered security forces to cease surrounding the home of opposition leader Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a mid-month presidential election has drawn international pressure, his lawyer said on Monday. Troops have blocked the 38-year-old pop star-turned-politician from leaving his house in a suburb of the capital Kampala…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja has ordered the Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory to launch an investigation into 50 notable persons who promoted the #EndSARS movement. The order was given by a Magistrate, Omolola Akindele, sequel to a criminal complaint filed by an activist, Kenechukwu Okeke. Okeke alleged…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court, Abuja has rejected a plea by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to issue a warrant of arrest against a former petroleum minister Diezani Alison-Madueke. Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu on Wednesday held that an affidavit with evidence in support to proof that the earlier court summon granted the…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered the release of a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, from prison. Kalu was jailed for 12 years last December following his conviction of N7.1 billion fraud. His firm, Slok Nigeria Limited, was also implicated alongside a former Director of Finance…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has reacted to the attack on his residence in Bayelsa by unknown gunmen early on Tuesday, December 24 morning. Jonathan who was not in Otuoke at the time of the attack however returned to his village early this morning to assess the situation himself. According to…