LAGOS DECEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Air Peace said on Thursday that none of its aircraft was siezed in Atlanta, in the United States. The airline said it had no links with any airplane seized in the U.S. According to Air Peace Corporate Commumications /Media Executive, Stanley Olisa, the company does not currently have any aircraft in the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has extradited 64-year-old Babatunde Martins, a Nigerian living in Ghana, to Memphis to stand trial for an indictment charging him with cybercrimes and identity theft. According to the U.S Department of Justice, a federal grand jury in the U.S District Court for the Western District of Tennessee indicted Martins…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worldwide condemnation has trailed Nigeria’s government the violent re-arrest of journalist and activist, Omoyele Sowore, on Friday (Dec. 6). It came less than 24 hours after Sowore and his co-accused, Olawale Bakare, were freed after 125 days in detention during which two courts had granted them bail. Government agents stormed the Federal…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH – The United States on Tuesday urged Cameroon to devolve power in its troubled anglophone region, saying the government’s military response was only strengthening separatists. The warning came weeks after the United States ended certain preferential trade benefits for Cameroon, citing human rights violations including arbitrary killings. Tibor Nagy, the top US…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that Nigeria is awaiting the return of $400 million Abacha loot stashed away in the US. Speaking at the 42nd annual conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law (NSIL) in Lagos, on Wednesday, ICPC Chairman, Bolaji Owasanoye, said it…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of detained Saharareporters Publisher, Mr Omiyele has received support from their Haworth neighbors in United State His wife, Opeyemi Sowore and their two children have received support from their Haworth neighbors, who helped organize an event on Oct. 28 near Borough Hall calling for his safe release and return to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Financial Intelligence Conference to Feature Presentation by Leading Whistleblower Lawyer on How Non-US. Citizens Have Obtained Millions of Dollars in Whistleblower Rewards by Using American Laws Stephen M. Kohn, partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Whistleblower Center, will…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State last seen alive in a video in April, was targeted in a strike by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Syria on Saturday, according to three U.S. officials. The ISIS leader is believed to be dead, those officials told ABC News. One official told…
