LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)– Beverlyn Nyamakwenje was fast asleep in her home in the east Johannesburg township of Katlehong when she was woken by gunshots. Instructed by her panicked father, the 19-year old Zimbabwean grabbed a few belongings and fled with him to a police station for safety. “We left our bags,” Nyamakwenje said. “We…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS )-Christians in Kiagbodo community, the hometown of elder statesmen, Senator Edwin Clark, in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State have partly destroyed a mosque being built by an indigene, Mallam Abubakar Korokeme. The mosque was attacked overnight last Sunday. The Muslim Rights Concern accused Clark of spearheading the anti-Muslim campaign…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abia State has nullified the election of Senator Orji Kalu. In its ruling on Monday, the tribunal also ordered a rerun election for Abia North Senatorial District. Kalu, a former governor of Abia State, was elected on the platform of the ruling…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Ghanaian man residing in New Jersey, Rubbin Sarpong, is behind bars after United States authorities say he scammed 30 women of over $2.1m by posing as a “sweet message sending” soldier online. Rubbin Sarpong, a 35-year-old Ghanaian citizen with US residency, was recently arrested for swindling women on sites like Plenty…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With a daily loss of about 10,000 barrels of oil from its pipelines to crude oil theft, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) has cried out for help from government, communities and other stakeholders to stem the incessant attack on oil assets in the Niger Delta. “These are critical…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The expected and awaited judgement from the presidential election petitions tribunal has reportedly put the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and President Muhammadu Buhari’s All Progressives Congress (APC) camp on edge. In a recent press statement, the PDP says the country is anxiously waiting for the judiciary to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian international, Samson Siasia, has cried out that the kidnappers of his mother, Beauty Siasia, are yet to set her free despite receiving N1.5 million ransom. Speaking with NationSport in Abuja on Sunday, Siasia said the abductors released his cousin’s mother-in-law, Florence Douanana, 66, and also took in an unnamed person…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reggae musician, Majek Fashek, has been hospitalised in a London hospital for undifferentiated-type schizophrenia. The troubled singer was reportedly flown out of Nigeria on August 24 after he was diagnosed with what sources describe as a serious illness needing urgent medical attention. His manager, Uzoma Omenka, said Majek took ill last month…