LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Center) has called on the Honorable Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami SAN, to take necessary proactive steps and begin the process to repatriate the seized illicit funds as well as forfeited assets linked…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ayorinde Owolabi, brother of the late hotelier, Olugbenga Owolabi, who was killed in August after coming to Nigeria to invest in hospitality business, has said the United States is involved in the case. Olugbenga was a US citizen, living in Maryland, US. He came to Nigeria and built a hotel in his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people in their early 30s aboard a small airplane died when the Cessna crashed into a home in Minnesota late Saturday. Federal and local authorities in Minnesota are investigating the scene in Hermantown, which is located just west of Duluth and about 150 miles north of Minneapolis. Officials described the victims…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Donald Trump has dropped another hint at a White House campaign in 2024, with the former US president telling Indian television that a run for office would “make a lot of people very happy”. “Everyone wants me to run. I am leading in the polls,” Trump said in an excerpt of an…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Addressing a packed audience at the prestigious Beverly Hilton Los Angeles flag off of his US speaking tour, Gov Peter Obi vowed to increase electricity generation in Nigeria or quit office after his first term as president. The Labor Party’s presidential candidate who had just flown in from Toronto, Canada described countries…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America. The Judge in a judgment on Monday held that the Extradition request filed by the…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. government said on Thursday it will suspend 26 China-bound flights from the United States by four Chinese carriers in response to the Chinese government’s decision to suspend some U.S. carrier flights over COVID-19 cases. The decision will affect flights by Xiamen, Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government, on Tuesday, signed a fresh agreement with the Government of the United States of America, USA, for the repatriation of a total sum of $23, 439, 724 that was allegedly looted by the late former military Head of State, General Sani Abacha. While the Attorney-General of the Federation and…