LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reform and Decongestion has ordered the unconditional release of three family members on death row in Enugu Maximum Prisons. The Chairman of the committee, Justice Ishaq Bello, gave the order on Wednesday during their sitting in Enugu. Bello said that the committee after reviewing the circumstances that…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s son-in-law, Abdullahi Babalele, who was being investigated for allegedly laundering €150 million. Babalele, who was arrested by EFCC operatives at his Maitama, Abuja, home last Saturday, was released late last night. The acting EFCC spokesman, Tony Orilade, confirmed the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Nigeria Jaga Jaga dropped years ago, Nigeria as a country was under the throes of economic, social and security decadence, and the song which went ahead to become a national anthem of sorts succeeded in galvanizing the generality of the masses to stand up for their rights, as well as fight…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A high court in Owerri on Friday evening released, unconditionally, the 114 women suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra. The women were remanded by a magistrate’s court in Owerri on Monday and Thursday respectively, after they were arrested and arraigned by the Police for demanding to know…
LAGOS 18TH (NEWSRANGERS) – UNICEF today welcomed the release of 24 children aged 12 to 17 from Nigerian Army administrative custody after they were cleared of suspected ties with armed groups. This brings the number of children released this year to 207. “For these children, the long journey towards reuniting with their families, reintegrating with…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of civil society groups, #OurMumuDondo, has stormed the Force Headquarters, Abuja, to demand the release of detained Premiums Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe. Led by popular musician, Charlie Boy, the protesters insisted on the release of the reporter, noting that they would not leave until he is freed. The activists briefly…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has demanded the immediate release of PREMIUM TIMES Security Reporter, Samuel Ogundipe, detained by the Nigeria Police Force for carrying out his constitutional duty. A statement signed by the Guild’s Publicity Secretary, Olumide Iyanda, on Wednesday also condemned the arrest by the Police Special Anti-Robbery…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-he Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called for the immediate release of Premium Times reporter, Samuel Ogundipe. Ogundipe was arrested on Tuesday by the police over a story he wrote based on the letter written by the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on the Director…