LAGOS NOVEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Virgin Islands High Court has ruled in favour of Chinese investors, Zhongshan, granting them the authority to seize $25 million (£20 million) from Nigeria’s foreign assets. The ruling follows a failed trade zone agreement in Ogun State dating back to the early 2000s under then-Governor Ibikunle Amosun, according to documents…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than A200 soldiers are reported to have been held hostage by armed supporters of Bolivia’s former president Evo Morales, the foreign ministry has said. On Friday, Bolivia’s military reported that the armed group had taken control of a military facility near the Bolivian city of Cochabamba. In an update Bolivia’s…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items often found smuggled into the country include pangolin scales, rhino horns and tiger carcasses. Customs authorities…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish police said Monday they had seized three underwater drones capable of transporting large quantities of drugs from Morocco to Spain and broken up a gang suspected of manufacturing them. Officers seized three so-called “drone submarines” which were under construction and arrested eight people in Spain, a police statement said. “The three…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and soldiers killed at least three people and wounded 80 as street protests broke out against the coup. The leader of the takeover, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the military-civilian Sovereign Council that had been set up to guide the country to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted $8,065,615 at the airport. NCS Comptroller-General, Hameed Ali, said on Tuesday at a press conference that the cash was stashed in six Bagco bags in a coaster bus parked at the airport ready to be loaded into an…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was chaos in major areas of Lagos State as Task Force has commenced arresting commercial motorcycles and tricycles even before the February 1st take off announced by the government. Many commercial motorcycle and tricycle drivers were crying, lamenting over the forceful seizure of the bikes. Some said they got the bikes…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Border Drill Operations of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have reportedly seized 140 bags of foreign rice at a warehouse in Daura. The warehouse allegedly belongs to Alhaji Habu Sarkin-Fulani. Daily Nigerian reports that the owner is a confidant of President Muhammadu Buhari. Customs operatives, acting on a tip-off,…