LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has berated members of the National Assembly for using voice vote to ratify President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of emergency rule in Rivers State. Obi, who had earlier appealed to members of the National Assembly not to endorse the removal…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Enugu and Imo governments are issuing fines to residents for using alternative energy sources to power their facilities, citing “environmental unfriendly activities” and “carbon emission.” According to Enugu’s ministry of government and climate change, alternative sources of power, aside from the one generated by the nation’s power company, contravenes multiple sections of…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-If St. Louis is an accurate gauge, Lionel Messi and his jersey No. 10 will not be welcome everywhere after the Argentine superstar joins Inter Miami of Major League Soccer. Before St. Louis City SC played Inter Miami on Saturday, its fans were warned Messi jerseys would be banned in the “Supporter…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists. The sentencing by Saudi’s special terrorist court was handed down weeks after the US president…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Worried over the spate of official Government documents leakages, the Federal Government is seriously considering regulating or placing an outright ban on all civil servants from social media participation. Describing civil servants’ participation on social media as “improper,” the Government in a memo said, social media participation should instead be supportive of…