Archive for: January, 2018

Nigerian Doctor Jailed For Killing Daughter In Auto-Crash

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Doctor has been jailed for four years after he killed his nine-year-old daughter as he rushed in traffic to take her to a maths class. Chizoro Edohasim, 47, of Timperley, Greater Manchester, overtook vehicles at high speed and drove through a red light before he crashed into a wall on […]

Bayelsa EXCO Felicitates With Seriake Dickson @ 52

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State Executive Council has felicitated with Governor Henry Seriake Dickson on the occasion of his ‎52nd birthday, describing him as a pragmatic leader, whose life is worth celebrating at all times. Spokesman of the council and the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson came out with this in a […]

Mass Defection Looms In National Assembly As Obasanjo Lobbies Lawmakers

LAGOS KANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Coalition for Nigeria, a third-force political group being championed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, appears to be a major platform that has continued to attract prominent and other members of the National Assembly, PUNCH reports. Aggrieved members of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in both […]

EFCC Uncovers N2.5b Fraud In NEMA, Creation Of Fake Coys, IDPs Camp

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is currently enmeshed in a massive scandal after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) uncovered an alleged N2.5billion fraud in the operations of the organisation. The scandal was perpetrated through incorporation of fake companies, creation of fake IDPs’ camps and award of frivolous contracts. The […]

Ex-Naval Chief To Pay N9m To Herdsmen For Damages

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ilorin High Court has ordered a retired navy chief, Vice- Admiral Samuel Olajide Afolayan, to pay N9 million being the cost of damages and for detaining 42 cows belonging to a Fulani herdsman, Alhaji Abubakar Abdullahi, illegally and unconstitutionally. The verdict, delivered on January 9, 2018, indicated that the retired admiral […]

Don’t Use Me To Fight My Father, Obasanjo’s Daughter Slams Buhari’s Apologists

LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)Senator Iyabo Obasanjo, first child of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has blasted apologists of the Muhammadu Buhari administration for recycling an old and settled issue with her father in defence of the former president’s stinging rebuke of the incumbent administration In a strongly worded statement issued to our reporter from her Virginia, […]

Nigeria Plans To Drag Tax Defaulters To Court

LAGOS JNAURY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s finance minister plans to drag tax defaulters who don’t make use of an amnesty to court as she seeks funds to plug the nation’s $25 billion infrastructure gap. In the nine months of reprieve ending March, some penitent taxpayers have said “you got me” and cleared arrears without paying interest and […]

Man Arraigned For Bathing Son With Acid

LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ojo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on Friday arraigned a 78 year old man, Joeseph Adetunji, for allegedly bathing his son’s face with acid. Adetunji who was remanded with his son-in-law, Abayomi Balogun, 60, is facing trial for conspiracy and assault for causing grievous harm. The Prosecutor, Police Insp. Uche Simeon, told the […]

Man Escapes Lynching On Suspicious Of Turning Human Being To Goat

LAGOS JANUARY 27T (NEWSRANGERS)-Police at the Rumuokoro Divisional Police Station in Rivers state are investigating a mob action by some individuals against a suspect who was alleged to have transformed a man into a goat. DAILY POST gathered the unnamed thirty-six year old man was accused of transforming a human to a black goat around […]

Kwankwaso Shuns Police Warning, Vows To Visit Kano

LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Kano State, Rabiu Kwankwaso has declared that no one can stop him from traveling to his home state. He said he will go there peacefully to see his constituents. The Kano Command of the police had warned Kwankwaso, who is now a serving senator, against visiting Kano. The […]

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