Archive for: September, 2019

Liberian Mourn As Mosques Dedicate Friday Prayers To Pupils Killed In Fire

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Monrovia suburb of Paynesville was a town in mourning Friday, as residents sought to come to terms with the loss of 27 pupils in a huge fire at a Liberian Koranic school. “How do you expect me to feel in this condition?” said Isatu Sow, mother of one of the […]

UNILAG Disowns Reports On Alleged Invitation Of MC Oluomo’s To Campus Event

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Friday morning cleared the air regarding the alleged invitation of the Lagos State Caretaker Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Musiliu Akinsanya, alias MC Oluomo, as special guest at a campus event, stressing that he never attended any event […]

Panic As Female Navy Commander Disappears In Kaduna

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS-There is apprehension in military circles in Jaji, Kaduna, following the sudden disappearance of a senior Nigerian Navy personnel, Cdr. O. O. Ogundana, the Commandant of Command Secondary School in the famed military town. A signal sited on Thursday by News Express indicated that Cdr OO Ogundana disappeared exactly a week ago […]

FBI Investigates Amnesty Boss, Dokubo Over Alleged $10.5m Wire Fraud

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari’s Aide, Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo who is also the Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) is covertly being investigated in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for money laundering, racketeering and fraud. FBI sources confided in Pointblanknews.com that Dokubo alongside his kinsman […]

Obi: Support To Worthy Causes Better Than Lavish Spending On Burials, Naming Ceremonies

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has charged the students of Rev. Fr. Ekwu Memorial Secondary school, Owerre Ezukala, Anambra State, to face their studies seriously, telling them that what they will become in future is directly proportional to their efforts today. Obi was speaking […]

Oliseh Shuns Turkish club €4m offer

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sunday Oliseh has turned down a mouth-watering offer to manage unnamed Turkish second division club because he still wants to be with his family, Sports Extra can report. The former Super Eagles and Fortuna Sittard manager was offered a three-year deal worth €3m annually with another €1m in bonuses. Oliseh met with […]

Lawyers Drag APCON To Court Over Internet Adverts Regulation

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Incorporated Trustees of Digital Rights Lawyers Initiative has sued the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria over the latter’s planned regulation of Internet advertisements. In a suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos by two lawyers, Solomon Okedara and Olumide Babalola, DRLI is seeking a court declaration that APCON lacks […]

Buhari Fires Oyo-Ita As Head Of Service, Appoints Interim Replacement

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has sent the embattled Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita on indefinite leave and approved the appointment of Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head with immediate effect. Dr. Yemi-Esan, until her appointment was the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources. A […]

Police Investigates 20 Bags Of Cannabis Intercepted In Lagos

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police Command has opened investigation to ascertain the destination and other relevant information surrounding the movement of large quantity of Cannabis also called Indian Hemp. Spokesman of the Command Bala Elkana, disclosed that, Police Officers from Area J Command, intercepted a van along Itafaji Street, Lagos Island loaded with twenty […]

Female Student Allegedly Stabbed Boyfriend To Death Over N2,500

LAGOS SEPTMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 300-level student at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Bukola Odeyemi, has allegedly stabbed her 22-year-old lover and fellow student, John Iju. The stabbing reportedly resulted in Iju’s death. Sources said the incident happened at Iworoko-Ekiti at about 10pm on Monday at one of the private hostels being used by off-campus students […]

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