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…
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…
