LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists. The sentencing by Saudi’s special terrorist court was handed down weeks after the US president…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Crescent for the month of Dhul Hijjah 1443 has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. Following the sighting, Dhul Hijjah 1, 1443 will begin tomorrow, Thursday, June 30, 2022. In effect, the Arafah day will be Friday, July 8, while the Eid-Adha will be Dhul Hijjah 10 – Saturday, July 9, 2022….
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty Nigerian nationals were reportedly arrested in Saudi Arabia for allegedly displaying campaign posters of presidential aspirant of the All Progressive Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the holy mosque, Kaaba, Saudi Arabia. According to SaharaReporters, the Nigerians, while on lesser Hajj, Umrah, were reportedly arrested by the Saudi police at the holy…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon captain Vincent Aboubakar scored his fifth goal of the Africa Cup of Nations as his already qualified side were joined by Burkina Faso on Monday in the second round. The Saudi Arabia-based forward, who turns 30 on Saturday, put Cameroon ahead and substitute Garry Rodrigues equalised for Cape Verde after half-time…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom is set to reduce travel restrictions and scrap the infamous red list which came back into use after the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. A UK newspaper, Daily Mail, reports that the Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, had been able to convince his colleagues that the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Government has stated that it will place the United Kingdom, Canada and Saudi Arabia on a red list over the outbreak and spread of Coronavirus’ Omicron variant. The President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration say it will also stop airlines from those countries coming into Nigeria in retaliation for the three nations…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested three suspects at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) while attempting to smuggle 1,144 Automated Teller Machine (ATM) cards out of the country. The suspects are Abdullahi Usman, Musa Abubakar and Abdulwahid Auwalu. They were arrested by the Kano Zonal Command of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mixed reactions have trailed the decision of Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr to hand a national team recall to striker Odion Ighalo, who retired from international football in 2019. Rohr included Ighalo in his 24-man squad for the 2022 World Cup qualifying games against Liberia and Cape Verde later this month. Ighalo…
