Archive for: August, 2018

Celebrated United Nations Leader Kofi Annan Passes On At 80

LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Celebrated United Nations diplomat Kofi Annan has died. He was 80. Annan’s foundation announced his passing in Switzerland on Saturday. It is with immense sadness that the Annan family and the Kofi Annan Foundation announce that Kofi Annan, former Secretary General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Laureate, passed away peacefully […]

Pinnick: Nigeria Will Not Bow To FIFA Pressure – Dalung

LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Sports Minister Solomon Dalung has said they will not be scared by the world football governing body FIFA. The Minister told KweséESPN on Friday in Kampala that since Nigeria is a sovereign state, they will not bow to pressures from FIFA. Earlier in the week FIFA issued Nigeria with an ultimatum […]

Osinbajo Visits Site Of Collapsed Four-Storey building in Abuja

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has visited the site of a four-storey building that collapsed in Abuja on Friday afternoon. At least 18 people are trapped beneath the rubble of the four-storey building which collapsed around 1.30pm in the Jabi area of Abuja on Friday. Our correspondent who was at the scene reported […]

Abuja:18 Trapped In Collapsed Four-Storey Building

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least eighteen persons are trapped under the rubble of a four-storey building which collapsed in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital on Friday, August 17. Unconfirmed reports said one person died when the four-storied building under construction collapsed on the workers and food sellers in the Jabi area of the city. Punch reports that […]

Lagos Court Discharges Nine Men Accused Of Killing Apapa PDP Chairman

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday discharged nine men charged with the murder of the Apapa local government PDP chairman, Adeniyi Aborisade. Delivering a ruling, Chief Magistrate Mr Alex Komolafe, dismissed the murder charges against Rotimi Kujore, 44; Fatai Adele, 62; Ismaila Abiola, 50; Amos Fawole, 65; Victoria Falowo, 42. […]

Married Mother Of Five Slumps And Dies After Marathon Sex With Lover

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Men of the Ogun State Police Command has arrested one Kelvin Micheal, 28, over the death of a 40-year-old woman, Monsurat Idowu after a bout of sex. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this on Thursday in Abeokuta. According to him, “the arrest of the suspect was as a result of […]

Panic As Robbers Ambush Businessmen Leaving Bank, Cart Away N3.5m

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was pandemonium in the Amarata end of the Mbiama-Yenagoa area of Bayelsa State, as four armed gunmen attacked and robbed two businessmen of N3.5 million yesterday. The development caused panic in the area as residents fled for their lives while shop owners locked up their shops, resulting in a gridlock along […]

Convicted Cleric, Rev King Joins Presidential Race, Posters Dot Airport Road Neighbourhood

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Dr Emeka Ezeugo, popularly called Rev King, a convict awaiting execution for the murder of a church member, has joined the 2019 Presidential race from prison, according to his members still milling around the Ajao Estate, Lagos base of the now depopulated church. Residents of the […]

Why INEC Bars 23 Newly Regsieterd Parties From Contesting Osun Election

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)–The Independent National Electoral Commission says the 23 newly registered political parties will not be allowed to participate in the September 22, 2018 governorship election in Osun State as the deadline for submission of candidates has passed. This is just as INEC announced that all political parties could on Saturday begin holding […]

Student Stabs Room Mate To Death Over Girl Friend

LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 100-Level Banking and Finance student of the Kogi State University (KSU), Ayingba Yusuf Jimoh, has allegedly killed his 300-Level Philosophy counterpart and hostel mate, Sheriff Ali Umar, over a girlfriend. The victim was stabbed in the neck with a broken bottle during a fight. It all started with an argument in […]

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