LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-John Walker Lindh, the young Californian who became known as the American Taliban after he was captured by U.S. forces in the invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, is set to go free after nearly two decades in prison. But conditions imposed recently on Lindh’s release, slated for Thursday, make clear that…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A French woman whose husband died in the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a U.S. lawsuit against the plane maker, seeking no less than 276 million dollars in damages. The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March killed all 157 passengers and crew aboard and…
LAGOS MAY 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Council, to be presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, will on Thursday formally confirm the appointment of Mr. Mohammed Adamu as the substantive Inspector General of Police (IGP), The Bridge News can confirm. Mr. Adamu was appointed the acting IGP on January 15, 2019 by President Buhari following the retirement…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Multiple reports in Italy claims Juventus’ star forward Cristiano Ronaldo wants Mourinho to become their new manager after it was announced that Max Allegri is stepping down this summer after winning five-straight Serie A titles with the Turin club. Mourinho, 56, has been out of a job since Manchester United fired him…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has disowned the management of the National Assembly led by the Clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, over the stringent conditions imposed on journalists seeking to cover the activities of the Ninth Assembly. Saraki, in a statement on Tuesday by his Special Assistant on New Media, Olu Onemola,…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Tuesday, arraigned a former Assistant Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs, Bridget Okafor, on 13 counts bordering on abuse of office to the tune of N3,336,176,661.24 (three billion, three hundred and thirty-six million, one hundred and seventy-six thousand, six hundred and sixty-one Naira, twenty-four Kobo). She was…