LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations on Wednesday warned that public and private actors are intervening against online content in ways that curtail rights and muzzle criticism. “You see a digital world that is unwelcoming and frequently unsafe for people trying to exercise their rights,” said Peggy Hicks of the UN Rights Office in Geneva….
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Attahiru Jega, has warned the Senate against confirming the appointment of a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission to avoid controversy. Jega also said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), could withdraw Onochie’s…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Government has warned that the rise in conflicts can destabilise Nigeria’s democracy in the run-up to the 2023 elections. This is even as governors on the platform of Nigeria Governors’ Forum have declared that the level of insecurity across parts of the country is not only eroding citizens’ safety and…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group seeking a separate homeland for the ethnic Igbo people of Nigeria’s southeast demanded ‘justice and fair hearing’ on Wednesday after their leader Nnamdi Kanu was detained. The head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face trial, the authorities announced Tuesday. The…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. This is as the government warned against agitations capable of threatening the peace of the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was quoted to have said this in a statement on Wednesday by…
LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ongoing public hearing on the amendment of the 1999 Constitution continued across the country on Thursday with a warning by the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria to the Senate to avoid surreptitious moves by some groups to introduce Sharia law to the South-West region through the on-going constitution review. The President of…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has warned that current moves by some stakeholders to push for the legalisation of cannabis in Nigeria will rob the country of the gains so far made in the renewed war against drug abuse and trafficking…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions is set for a collision course with the Colonel Hameed Ali (retd)-led Nigeria Customs Services (NCS) over the stance of the revenue-generating agency to rebuff the committee resolution asking it to return bags of rice seized from the Oja Oba market in Oyo…
