Archive for: September, 2019

Gambian Ex-President, Yahya Jammeh To Face Prosecution For Corruption, Theft

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Gambian government on Friday said it intended to prosecute former president Yahya Jammeh on allegations of theft and corruption. Jammeh, who ruled the tiny West African state for 22 years, fled the country in January 2017 after losing presidential elections and initially refusing to step down. The former president acquired more […]

2023: Delta PDP In Trouble Over Alleged Okowa’s Sexual Relationship With Wife Of Delta Attorney-General

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The hope of Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) retaining the position of the state governor in 2023 seems to be hanging in the balance as Mrs Joan Markpor, alleged Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa’s secret lover and wife of Delta State Attorney General, Peter Mrakpor is demanding for her husband […]

PDP Describes Tribunal Verdict As Subversion Of Justice, Heads To Supreme Court

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) completely rejects the judgment of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal describing it as provocative, barefaced subversion of justice and direct assault on the integrity of our nation’s justice system. The party is particularly shocked that the tribunal failed to point to justice despite the flawless evidence laid […]

Nigeria Presidential Election Tribunal Upholds Buhari’s Election Victory

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian court upheld President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in February elections, dismissing a challenge by the main opposition candidate that sought to overturn the win. The five-judge Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal voted by a majority in favor of Buhari in a ruling Wednesday in the capital, Abuja. “I have come to the […]

Pastor, Wife Appear In Court For Burying Pig Alive In Church Compound

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 33-year-old pastor’s wife, Blessing Okechukwu, has appeared before an Ajegunle Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly burying a live pig in her husband’s church compound, on Tuesday. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. S.I. Bassey told the court that the defendant committed the offence around 1.40 a.m. on September 3, at the National […]

Suspected Mad Man Strolls Into Bank To Cart Away Cash In Kwara

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle age man, suspected to be mentally deranged was reported to have strolled into a banking hall of a new generation bank in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Tuesday and began to pack cash from the drawers of the bank tellers . Oriental news report. The report disclosed that although […]

Four Die As Students Beat Policeman To Death In Reprisal Attack

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two videos are now making the rounds on the protest of students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, which turned violent on Tuesday, allegedly leading to the death of one policeman and four students. According to available reports, the students were protesting over erratic power supply by the Benin Electricity […]

Olympic Eagles Thrash Sudan 5-0 To Qualify For AFCON U-23 Tournament

Nigeria’s Olympic Eagles have spelt Sudan with goals, putting five goals past the hapless team to qualify for the AFCON Under-23 tournament in Egypt. The first leg ended 1-0 in favour of the Sudanese side. But after full time on Tuesday in Asaba, the Eagles ended the dreams of their Sudanese counterparts, winning 5-0. Awoniyi […]

Nigeria Super Eagles Waste Two-Goal Lead To Draw In Ukraine

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Tuesday threw away a two-goal lead to play out a 2-2 draw with Ukraine in an international friendly match in Ukraine. The Eagles were two goals up in the first half and surrendered the lead in the second half after poor defending, with Ukraine scoring two […]

Group Urges IGP To Probe Ogun Police Extra-Judicial Killing Of Musician

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has been urged to probe the alleged extra-judicial killing of an upcoming artiste, Chinedu Obi, at Sango Police Station in Ogun State. A statement on behalf of Obi’s family by rights group, Conference for the Actualisation of Human Rights (CAHR), gave the police a seven-day ultimatum […]

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