LAGOS AUGUST 15TH-( NEWSRANGERS) Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called for the immediate and unconditional release of Mr. Samuel Ogundipe, a Premium Times newspaper reporter who was arrested yesterday and is being detained by the Nigerian Police at the Force headquarters in Abuja for refusing to disclose the source of his information for a news…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)The inspector-general of police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, says Boko Haram insurgents are set to release Leah Sharibu, an abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, TheCable reports. Sharibu is the only girl in captivity out of the 110 students abducted on February 19. She was held back because of her refusal to convert from Christianity to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 500 Boko Haram suspects have been released by a Nigerian court citing a lack of evidence, with some detainees held for years without charge. The 475 suspects will be returned to their home states for “proper rehabilitation” before being sent back to their families, a justice ministry statement said…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-BokO Haram terrorist group has released three abducted University of Maiduguri lecturers in Magumeri, Borno State. Also released from the Boko Haram terrorists were 10 women kidnapped in a raid by the militant group on a military/police convoy on Damboa Road, near Maiduguri. Their release followed series of negotiations as directed by…