LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja in a landmark ruling today “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media service provider(s), media houses, radio and television broadcast stations, the…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Napoli coach Gennaro Gattuso said Sunday he felt foolish for giving Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen permission to travel home for Christmas with the forward testing positive for coronavirus on his return. Osimhen faces club sanctions after images of him partying without wearing a mask were shared on social media. But Gattuso said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Board of Inquiry set up by the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, put together at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari has recommended sanctions for five personnel of the Nigerian Army and the police over the killing of three policemen and one civilian in Ibi, Taraba State, on August 6. The board, in…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sanctioned four major television stations in the country over hate speech. The Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), African Independent Television (AIT), Channels TV and Television Continental (TVC) were sanctioned for allowing hate speeches by politicians from both the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned its aggrieved members to shun dragging the party to court or risk being sanctioned. APC National Working Committee (NWC) stated this in a statement on Monday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Lanre Issa-Onilu. Recall that members of the party in some states like…
By Amos Odeh from Yenogoa LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Concerned stakeholders in the Niger Delta have called for sanctions against environmental offenders in Nigeria, saying that such offenders are becoming bolder by the day because they do not face the consequences of their actions, especially in the region that had suffered adverse effects of oil spills…
