LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka, has condemned the arrest of activist Omoyele Sowore. Mr Sowore, a presidential candidate in the last election, was arrested on Saturday for calling for a revolution against poor governance. “Beyond the word ‘revolution, another much mis-used and misunderstood word, nothing that Sowore has uttered, written, or advocated…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr Ayodele Adewale, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to unfreeze the bank accounts of the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola frozen during the military regime of the late military dictator, Gen Sani Abacha. Adewale, who applauded Buhari for the…
LAGOS APRIL 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has announced that it has received 322.51 million dollars from the Swiss Government as part of looted funds recovered from former Head of State, late General Sani Abacha. Oluyinka Akintunde, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the Minister of Finance, said this in a statement on Tuesday in…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has been summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to explain how about $250 million of the $500 million recovered from the family of the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was withdrawn. The Nation reports that the letter summoning Okonjo-Iweala…
