LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS) — Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and six of his followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, Japan’s Justice Ministry said. The hanging of Asahara, 63, closes a chapter on one of Japan’s most shocking crimes in the…
LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-The former President of the Nigeria Football Federation, Amaju Pinnick, has been appointed as 1st Vice President of the Confederation of African Football. This was contained in a press statement signed by the continental body’s General Secretary, Amr Fahmy, on Thursday. The statement reads: “Following the resignation of the 1st Vice President Mr…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NESRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday insisted that there is no faction in the party. Bolaji Abdullahi, spokesman of the party, said the breakaway Reformed APC, R-APC, were never members of the ruling party. Recall that the New Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, faction of APC had announced their breakaway on Wednesday…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bizarre incident which left residents stunned occurred two weeks ago, at Ojodu Street, in the densely populated Ajegunle area of Lagos, after a man, Buraimo Sunday, 30, and his pregnant lover identified simply as Bose, were burnt to death in their one room apartment. The live-in lovers said to have been…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Reformed All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Buba Galadima, has disclosed that the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and the Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, are bonafide members of the factional party that emerged out of the APC. Galadima said this on Thursday, contrary…
LAGOS JULY 5TH(NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s ruling party has split after a faction declared that it no longer supports the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, threatening his hopes of a securing a second term in an election due early next year. A group of politicians who were part of the All Progressives Congress (APC) told a news conference…
LAGOS JULY 5H (NEWSRANGERS)-A policeman has allegedly shot dead a National Youth Service Corps member serving in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, Linda Angela Igwetu, The Nation is reporting. According to the newspaper, the Corps members was billed to pass out on Thursday (today) after the compulsory one-year service in Abuja. She served at Outsource…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Mr. Chinaka Adoezuwe was reportedly shot dead while trying to prove to his client the efficacy of a bullet repelling charm. The native doctor, 26, had been approached by one of his clients Chukwudi Ijezie to prepare a bullet repelling charm for him. A witness, John Madu, said that Chukwudi Ijezie, had…