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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has commended the Federal Government of Nigeria for accepting to host the upcoming Global Maritime Security Conference, saying the talks will go a long way in addressing security concerns in the maritime domain of the entire Gulf of Guinea. Secretary-General of OPEC Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government will propose to the National Assembly about N9.79 trillion as total expenditure in the 2020 budget, the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, has said. Mrs Ahmed announced this on Tuesday in Abuja at a public consultation forum with civil society groups and agencies on the…