LAGOS JULY 31st (NEWSRANGERS)- Police have arrested a barber in Umuahia over allegations that he kept customers’ hair for ritual purposes after officers allegedly found a clay pot filled with human hair and other suspected fetish items in his room. The barber, identified simply as Emeka, was arrested on Tuesday after his neighbour, Mr…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Idi Amin’s grandson was disqualified for a head butt in the third round of his opening super-heavyweight bout against England’s Damar Thomas at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Twenty-five year old Aziz Abdul, who arrived on a mission to become “the new king of Scotland,” was penalised three times for fouls and…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An entire youth football team from Ethiopia has vanished in Sweden after the culmination of the Gothia Cup youth tournament in Gothenburg, sparking an international response. According to Sweden Herald, around 20 people, mostly players aged 14-17 and also some adult supervisors, left their hotel without checking out and cannot be located….
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo, amid growing debate over the former leader’s political role ahead of the 2027 general election. Photos from the meeting were shared on X by Obi’s campaign photographer, Esther Umoh. In a brief statement accompanying the images,…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s government has accepted a recommendation to extend the presidential term from four to five years, the West African country’s justice minister said on Thursday. President John Dramani Mahama set up a committee last year that reviewed the 1992 constitution and made recommendations, some of which were accepted by the government. Attorney…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The camp of former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has accused the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of attempting to suppress the truth over recent incidents of political violence, insisting that the Delta State Government itself has validated claims that party officials were attacked…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has hailed Chad’s decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Chad is the fifth country to withdraw from the global tribunal. The Central African country announced its exit on Monday after Venezuela said on Friday that it had started the formal procedure to withdraw. The ICC had…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) has demanded the immediate suspension of Tijani Fatai, the Lagos state commissioner of police, over alleged partisan conduct. On Tuesday, the City Boy Movement inaugurated its Lagos chapter, pledging to mobilise youths and grassroots supporters for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in the 2027 elections. The event, held…
