LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission raided the offices of black market currency dealers in Abuja on Tuesday in a bid to halt the rapid fall of the naira. Naira plunged rapidly between Monday and Tuesday to more than 840 in Abuja a week after the the Central Bank of…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Online Publishers Association of Nigeria (OPAN) strongly condemns today’s raid of online newspaper, Peoples Gazette’s office in Abuja and the subsequent arrest of five journalists by armed policemen. According to news reports, the policemen forcefully entered the media office and demanded to see managing editor, Samuel Ogundipe and a reporter…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force, Federal Capital Territory Command, has denied raiding the head office of Peoples Gazette newspaper. Policemen on Friday allegedly raided the head office of the newspaper in Abuja and arrested one of its editors, journalists, and staff members. According to a report by Peoples Gazette, John Adenekan, an assistant…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-At least nine media workers in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region have been arrested by local authorities, their employers said Monday, as rights activists warned of a sweep of unlawful detentions. Two outlets — the Nisir International Broadcasting Corporation and Ashara, both covering Ethiopian affairs on their YouTube channels — said their studios…
LAGOS MARCH 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 200 Chinese workers were on Thursday morning arrested by officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service at a construction site in Niger State. The arrested Chinese are staff members of Sinohydro, a subsidiary of Power Construction Corporation of China, the engineering firm handling the $1.3 billion Zungeru Hydroelectric Power Project…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than six persons have been kidnapped by suspected terrorists during an invasion of the residence of the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Federal University of Gusau (FUGUS), Abdurrahman Adamu. The gunmen launched an attack on the ASUU chairman’s home in Damba Quarters, an outskirt of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), has refuted the claim of a suspect arrested in connection with the raid on the home of Mary Odili, a justice of the supreme court. On October 30, security operatives — made up of soldiers and police officers — stormed the Abuja residence of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected armed bandits have attacked the Goronyo market in Goronyo Local Government Area in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto State. Sources in the village said the assailants attacked the market in large numbers on Sunday night, shooting sporadically and killing several persons. The actual number of casualties was yet to be…