LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arise TV presenter and journalist, Oseni Rufai, became visibly emotional while speaking about the late Brigadier General Musa Uba, the Nigerian Army commander who was killed by terrorists during an ambush in Borno State in November 2025. During the broadcast, Rufai recalled the tragic circumstances surrounding the senior officer’s final moments,…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Maverick singer, Seun Kuti has claimed that his father, the late Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, didn’t restrict his wives from having affairs with other men. He further claimed that this was one of Fela’s greatest mistake, alleging that some of the women eventually contacted HIV from their other partners and transferred…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Media Office of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential frontrunner, Peter Obi, has alleged a plot to prevent him from contesting the 2027 presidential election, describing it as a threat to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Umar, the Peter Obi Media Office accused President Bola…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate that concealed cocaine in tins of palm kernel extract bound for the United Kingdom, arresting key suspects including the alleged kingpin in Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed in a statement on Sunday, informing that the operation…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Obidient Movement has said it will not back down on its planned nationwide protest against the Independent National Electoral Commission, insisting the demonstration will go ahead despite mounting tension. The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, Yunusa Tanko, gave the warning in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH, maintaining that…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty-one civilians held hostage following a Sunday morning church attack in north-west Nigeria have been rescued, the army has said. Five others were killed as gunmen targeted Easter celebrations at a church in Ariko, Kaduna state, according to a statement from the security forces. A local church official had earlier put the…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The US and Israel’s war on Iran has disrupted supply chains, trapping oil in storage facilities across the Middle East. That has caused the price of oil to rocket past $100 a barrel, and its availability to diminish. Jet fuel prices, as a result, reached $195 at the end of March, up…
LAGOS APRIL 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential frontrunner and the Labour Party’s 2023 Presidential flagbearer, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians at Easter to be very hopeful of an Alleluya Sunday after the Good Friday sorrow. Writing on his X handle the former Anambra state Governor said in his Easter message to…