LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of Defense on Wednesday explained its reasoning for rejecting Poland’s recent offer to transfer MiG-29 fighter jets into U.S. custody for delivery to Ukraine, describing the proposal as “high risk.” “The intelligence community has assessed that the transfer of MiG-29s to Ukraine may be mistaken as escalatory and could result…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has rejected the bill that seeks to amend the Electoral Act. The lawmakers, in a voice vote on Wednesday, unanimously opposed a motion that the bill is read and considered for a second time. The bill is a response to a request from President Muhammadu Buhari. He had, in February,…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has rejected the court’s ruling which ordered his removal from office. Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had earlier on Tuesday sacked Umahi and his deputy, Dr. Kelechi Igwe, over their defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He held that the votes…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Monday for Britain to ease visa demands on Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict, saying Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving. The United Nations estimates that more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia started bombarding…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Imo State governor, Dr Ikedi Ohakim on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Abuja disowned ownership of a property at the highbrow Asokoro District and $2.29 million linked to him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The choice property located at 60, Kwame Nkrumah Street and the $2.29…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court Sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on Thursday overruled an application seeking to examine the iPhone SIM slot of Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. He is facing an 11-count charge of conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud before Justice Nicholas Oweibo. The court listened to the cross-examination…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Egypt has filed a complaint with the African soccer confederation against the appointment of a Gambian referee for the Pharaohs’ game against Cameroon in the African Cup of Nations semifinals on Thursday. The Egyptian Football Association did not give reasons for its complaint against Bakary Gassama, one of Africa’s best-known referees. He…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Lagos State rejected findings by a judicial panel that security forces carried out a “massacre” of unarmed protesters last year, maintaining that only one person suffered a gunshot wound, according to a paper issued by the government this week. The judicial panel, which submitted its full report last month, was tasked…
