LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has submitted records relating to President Bola Tinubu’s 1993 drug-trafficking and money-laundering case to Beryl Howell, a judge of the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Peoples Gazette reports that the FBI hand-delivered the records to the court on Friday and requested that they remain under…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Council for the Safeguarding of the Homeland (CNSP), the ruling military Junta in Niger Republic, says soldiers within its military forces attempted a coup on Saturday. Heavy gunfire and explosions were reported early Saturday morning in several parts of Niamey, Niger’s capital city. The assailants targeted the city’s Diori Hamani…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two people have been confirmed dead following an attack at IMAX Cinemas in Lekki, Lagos State, Friday night, August 29, after a man wielding a machete and knife reportedly stormed the premises. The incident, which triggered panic among cinema patrons and workers, occurred when the suspect allegedly attempted to gain entry into…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-They have been outlawed, but they have not disappeared. Across Lagos, scavengers still roam streets and communities at almost all hours, combing neighbourhoods for scraps, even as allegations of theft and vandalism increasingly trail their activities. Worried residents say their continued presence is giving them sleepless nights, while communities are resorting…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has filed a challenge in a US court to prevent the U.S. Department of Justice, FBI and DEA from releasing records linked to allegations of drug trafficking. The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against several…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes. Lenín Moreno insisted he had not taken money from a Chinese firm which secured a contract to build a hydroelectric plant in the Latin American nation. The 73-year-old will serve his sentence…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of Kuje Area Council in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Samuel Danjuma Shekwolo, has been dragged before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory over an alleged statement directing residents to support the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) or leave the area council. The suit, marked FCT/HC/CV/3984/2026, was filed…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects allegedly involved in an organ harvesting and human trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects are Emmanuel Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, 48, a nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital, Life Camp, Abuja; Dr Daniel Otukpa, 53, also a nephrologist and Acting…
