LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peru’s former First Lady Nadine Heredia requested asylum at the Brazilian Embassy in Lima on Tuesday, the same day she and her husband, former President Ollanta Humala, were sentenced to 15 years in prison on money laundering charges. The embassy informed Peru that Heredia had arrived Tuesday morning, according to a statement…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a visit to China next week to discuss cooperation on the economy, agriculture and satellite technology, a Nigerian government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Tinubu, who has set in motion deep reforms in Africa’s largest economy, will be in Beijing along with…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian police are on red alert and may seek the help of the military after protests against the cost of living and governance issues turned violent in some cities, the inspector general of police said. At least three protesters were killed in northern Kaduna state on Thursday, Reuters reporters and protesters said….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Lawyers for the woman accusing Dani Alves of sexual assault are asking for the maximum sentence of 12 years in prison for the Brazilian soccer player. The woman’s lawyers filed the request on Tuesday, two weeks after prosecutors sought a nine-year prison sentence for Alves. Alves is set to face trial…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petroleum marketers have called for the arrest of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), for flouting a judgement of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abeokuta, Ogun State, over arrest and auctioning of 24 petrol-laden tanker trucks as scraps. LEADERSHIP reports that Justice Shittu Abubakar of the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Ship Owners Association of Nigeria, Mkgeorge Oyung, yesterday called for the relocation of the residents of Ajegunle, a suburb in Lagos, with a view to enhancing the value of Apapa Wharf. He stressed the need for the federal and Lagos state governments to recreate the Apapa Port by relocating…