LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said. Photographs released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NESRANGER)-Exactly $400 million will be dished out by FIFA in prize money to the 32 teams who competed in the 2018 World Cup, which is a $42 million increase from the tournament in 2014. With the winners getting $38 million and the runners up $28 million, the four semifinalists were the big…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has shown that he lacks democratic credentials by applauding and approving the charade that passed for the governorship election in Ekiti State last Saturday. The governor said this while reacting to a statement by a media aide of Buhari, Mallam Garba…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Coalition of observer groups and Civil Society Organisations, that monitored the Ekiti governorship elections on Saturday, have rejected the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Kayode Fayemi, as the winner of the polls. Fayemi was announced winner of the polls, after securing 197,459 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Prof….
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGRS)– England’s Harry Kane won the World Cup Golden Boot award as top scorer with six goals. The Tottenham star topped the chart by two goals ahead of a group including Antoine Griezmann and Kylian Mbappe, who both scored in France’s 4-2 defeat of Croatia in Sunday’s final. Kane is the first…
By Demola Olarewaju LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian icon was harassed, censored and imprisoned for singing truth to power. Today power celebrates him. Every time I see politicians and statesmen honouring Fela Kuti, I chuckle to myself and wish I could be there to ask with the utmost seriousness: “Are you, sir, recommending Fela to…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had declared Dr Kayode Fayemi, a former Minister of Mines and Steel Development and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of the election with 197,459 votes. According…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday congratulated Dr. Kayode Fayemi over his victory at the Ekiti state governorship election held on Saturday. In a letter to Fayemi, copies of which were made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the former president said he received the news with delight while in transit to China….