LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.” U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday added Nigeria to the U.K.’s travel “red list,” which means that arrivals from…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based news magazine, The Economist, has described the government of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), as inept and high-handed, adding that he had also failed to tackle corruption. The 178-year-old magazine said this in an editorial titled, ‘The Crime Scene at the Heart of Africa,’ which was published in its…
Popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has described Femi Fani-Kayode as the ‘Judas of Oduduwa’ Following his defection from the opposition party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC) In a Facebook post on Thursday, Gumi wrote: “I have for long, neglected the rantings of the Judas of Oduduwa attacking me knowing fully well that…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivory Coast president cleared by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, on Monday slammed The Hague-based court as biased and “not serious”. Gbagbo’s first comments on the trial and his acquittal since his return to Ivory Coast after a 10-year absence, was met with rousing cheers…