LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jehovah’s Witnesses are known worldwide for actively taking the preaching of Gods kingdom to people’s house. An activity which gained them the publicity they enjoy today. But have you also notice that in recent times especially since the outbreak of the Corona virus, the Witnesses have not been seen preaching from house…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the office of the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has taken a legal dimension with a suit asking the federal high court to stop Mohammed Adamu from further parading himself as the holder of the office. In an originating summons marked FHC/ABJ/CS/106/2021, the plaintiff, Maxwell Opara, an Abuja based legal…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the push for registration of Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN), and withdraw the threat to block SIM cards. The Human Rights group in a statement on Sunday asked the President to “instruct the Minister of Communications and Digital…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order stopping the various states’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad and other police tactical units. The plaintiff in the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Soldiers manning the gate at the Military Hospital in Ikoyi have stopped the Lagos judicial panel on #EndSARS from assessing the hospital’s mortuary. The panel, unannounced, on Friday went to the hospital on investigation into the shooting at Lekki tollgate where 15 protesters were reportedly killed. Witnesses of the Lekki shooting accused…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-John Bolton, a former United States national security adviser, has alleged that President Donald Trump once argued that the $1.5 billion annual aid given to Nigeria should be stopped. Bolton, in a book titled “In the Room Where It Happened”, alleged that the president also said funding for military operations in Afghanistan and…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the House of Representatives to maintain status quo on the infectious disease bill which has passed second reading. Justice Ifeoma Ojukwu also summoned the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has set a 2023 deadline to stop the importation of petrol into the country. Nigeria, an oil-producing country has been heavily dependent on the importation of petroleum products since its four major oil refineries have been under-utilized. According to the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
