http://ift.tt/2gNx9BA FILE PHOTO LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)- More than 2,000 people have fled southern Cameroon and entered Nigeria over the past two weeks, fallout from renewed oppression of Angolophone Cameroonians in the predominantly French-speaking country, the United Nations refugee agency said on Thursday. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is now preparing a…
http://ift.tt/2zG0i5z LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Istanbul, Turkey has conditionally released ten detained human rights defenders while their trial continues. Among those ten released is Idil Eser, Amnesty International Turkey’s Director. Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General in a statement made available to NewsRangers said, “Today, finally, we celebrate that our friends and colleagues…
http://ift.tt/2iDBMyx Justice Ayo Salami LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman of the National Judicial Council, Walter Onnoghen, has confirmed the resignation of retired Justice Ayo Salami as Chairperson of the Corruption and Financial Crimes Cases Trial Monitoring Committee. Mr. Salami was appointed chairperson of the committee by the NJC in September,…
http://ift.tt/2xqHR49 Shekarau LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, has indicated interest to run for the presidency in 2019 on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. His spokesperson, Sule Ya’u Sule, said Mr. Shekarau, who is also a former Governor of Kano State, sent a notification letter to the PDP…
http://ift.tt/2gLz3CI LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressive Congress, APC, has denied reports that the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC meeting has been postponed. On Thursday, there was a report that the party’s National Caucus and NEC meetings, scheduled for October 30 and 31 respectively, had been postponed. The party’s publicity secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, however denied…
http://ift.tt/2xqELNz LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Government on Thursday announced the recovery of $85m from the United Kingdom (UK). It said the money is part of stolen funds from the controversial Malabu Oil deal. Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami stated this at the ongoing consultative meeting on assets recovery in Abuja. Malami decried…
http://ift.tt/2yN0XVT LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, threatened yesterday to open a can of worms and implicate what he called a cabal in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Disclosing Maina’s position in a statement, his family said that he was invited to join the Buhari…
http://ift.tt/2z7nhds LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) by the National Assembly, especially the lower chamber, may become feasible before the end of the year. Dogara, who spoke yesterday in Abuja at a stakeholders’ dialogue organised by the Civil…
