LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria’s foreign minister on Tuesday proposed a six-month transitional plan for neighbouring Niger, whose coup leader seeks a far longer timeline back to democracy. Ahmed Attaf gave his suggested framework after a tour last week to three of Niger’s neighbouring countries in the West African bloc ECOWAS, which has threatened to send…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board says it turned down 114 Nigerians who applied for refugee protection between January and June, 2023. So far, 12,035 Nigerians have been rejected under the scheme since January 2013, data from the Refugee Protection Division of the IRBC shows. The IRB grants refugee protection in Canada if…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Two opposition MPs in Senegal have been given six-month jail sentences for kicking a pregnant colleague in the stomach during a budget debate. The male lawmakers attacked Amy Ndiaye after she criticised an opposition religious figure. The judge also ordered Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb to pay Ms Ndiaye five million CFA…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A magistrate’s court sitting at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano has sentenced Kannywood actress, Sadiya Haruna, to six months in prison without an option of fine. She was arraigned before the court on charges of defaming her ex-boyfriend and singer, Isa A. Isa. In a viral video, the actress was…