LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is no news that no fewer than 23 Nigerians are on the death row in Saudi Arabia. The news however is that out of the twenty three Nigerians waiting for execution in Saudi Arabia because of hard drug related offences, seventeen of them are from the Yoruba tribe of Western Nigeria….
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has pleaded with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to help it combat extremist Islamic ideology among the youth in the northeast. The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, made the pleas in Maiduguri yesterday at the flag-off of the distribution of relief materials donated by King Salman Ibn Abdul-Aziz Humanitarian Aid and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democrats on the U.S. House intelligence panel will investigate U.S. President Donald Trump’s response to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as part of a “deep dive” next year into U.S.-Saudi Arabia ties, the committee’s incoming head said in a report published on Friday. The committee will investigate the U.S. intelligence assessment…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five out of 11 suspects charged in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, his office said on Thursday, as the kingdom tries to overcome its biggest political crisis in a generation. Khashoggi, a royal insider turned critic of Saudi policy, was killed…