Archive for: February, 2020

US Authorities Lack Jurisdiction To Try Me For Fraud- Obiwanne Okeke

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Obinwanne Okeke, the 32-year-old Nigerian arrested in the United States last August, has argued that American authorities lacked jurisdiction to charge him for fraud, court documents show. Mr Okeke, through his lawyers, said in a preliminary objection filed in the U.S. court that he did not commit the offence he was being […]

Wilder Rushed To Hospital Over Burst Eardrum after Fury Gruesome Defeat

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder was rushed to hospital after losing to Tyson Fury in their heavyweight title rematch amid concerns of a burst eardrum. After four rounds of Sunday morning’s mega Las Vegas contest, blood was seen coming out of the American’s left ear. Each break in the fight saw Wilder’s camp tend to […]

Shock As FSARS Senior Officer Slumps, Dies Outside His Office

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The entire Police officers at Lagos State Command, Ikeja, were thrown into shock and mourning over the sudden death of a Senior Police officer attached to FSARS as he reportedly slumped and died inside the office. P.M.EXPRESS confirmed that the Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Christopher Akpan, died on Friday in his […]

Environmentalists Call For Deployment Of Technology To Curb Illicit Trading On Endangered Plant

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Stakeholders on environmental  protection have called on the Federal Government of Nigeria and other States to aggressively deploy information, satellite, molecular, drone  and other relevant technologies to promote transparency in the forestry  sector and prevent the alarming illicit trading in Nigeria’s endangered  plant species, particularly Rosewood. In a statement signed by the […]

Lawyers Fault Suspension Of Oluwo Of Iwo Land, Oba Akande

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation, under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA), has faulted the suspension of the Oluwo of Iwo Land, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi by the Osun State Council of Traditional Rulers (OSCTR), describing it as “weightless and unknown to any law in Nigeria.” The coalition likened the scenario to […]

Why I Lost To Tyson Fury-Wilder

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Defeated champion, Deontay Wilder, has congratulated the Gypsy King, Tyson Fury, after he was knocked out in Round 7 of the much-anticipated bout. Wilder, furious with his corner for throwing in the towel, saying he was a warrior and would have preferred to fight on even though he had blood on his […]

Tyson Fury Floors Wilder In Seventh Round To Reclaim World Havyweight Boxing Title

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Britain’s Tyson Fury became world heavyweight champion for the second time after stopping Deontay Wilder in a thrilling bout in Las Vegas this morning of Sunday, February 23, 2020. Fury knocked his opponent down in the third and fifth rounds before Wilder’s corner threw in the towel in the seventh. The Briton […]

Peter Obi Decries Leaders Movement With Large Convoys

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi, has decried the   high cost of governance in the country, saying  it is “madness” for political office holders to move in large convoys. Obi, who was the running mate of the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in the 2019 presidential poll, said  he had used a […]

Boko Haram Attack Adamawa community, Burn Police Barracks, Churches, Houses

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh revelations have emerged on how Boko Haram insurgents attacked Garkida town in Gombi Local Government Area of Adamawa State for six hours on Friday night. The town is located on the Gombi-Biu – Damaturu Road, which shares proximity with Southern Borno and Sambisa Forest. Reports say police barracks, churches and a […]

European Union PlansTo Tighten Procedure Of Schengen Visa On Nigerians

LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The European Union is planning to tighten procedures for Nigerians to get a Schengen visa in response to the country failing to take back Nigerians staying illegally in Europe. The EU Spokesperson for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Virginie Battu-Henriksson, said, “What the EU can do since new rules on short-stay visas […]

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