LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court on Thursday ordered the immediate release of a woman held in detention since February accused of being a member of a banned separatist organisation, her lawyer said. The court in Abuja ruled that the police had illegally detained Ngozi Umeadi and ordered it to pay her damages of 50…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libyan authorities have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising, a Libyan official source and a unity government source said on Sunday. Saadi Gaddafi fled for Niger during the NATO-backed uprising, but was extradited to Libya in 2014 and…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Benin Republic court in Cotonou has reportedly ordered the return of the passport of Ropo, the wife of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, as well as other documents seized from them. Sources at the court told SaharaReporters that the court ruled that all travel documents of…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Nigerian military on Wednesday released 1,009 ex-Boko Haram insurgents, who had been in military custody at Giwa Barracks in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The former terrorists were handed over to the Borno State Government in a secret ceremony that was initially billed to take place at an earlier date but…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, has approached the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the release of his aides arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services at his house in the Soka area of Ibadan on July 1. Counsel for the Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Yomi Aliyu (SAN), told our…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The internet is apparently on frenzy, following a video of heavy protest ongoing in Igweocha axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for the release of the Supreme Leader of IPOB. According to the video making rounds online, the suspected IPOB members flooded the streets with Biafra flags demanding for the unconditional release…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 14 armed bandits were early Sunday morning gunned down when they invaded the Katsina-Ala Police Station in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state to releases their detained colleagues. A source in the area who preferred anonymity disclosed that the gun battle also left some of the bandits…
LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has been asked to release details of expenditure on payment to key Digital Switch Over, (DSO) stakeholders. The Federal Government had paid a whopping N9.4b to the stakeholders. In a letter addressed to the Minister last week, Nigeria’s foremost anti-corruption coalition asked the Minister…
