LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chelsea legend, Didier Drogba’s hopes of becoming the next president of the Ivory Coast Football Federation has been given a new lifeline after football’s governing body, FIFA on Friday August 28th requested the suspension of the Ivory coast Football federation’s election after the body disqualified the former Chelsea striker from the elections….
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown armed men last night kidnapped the proprietor of Excel Grace Secondary School, Akaajime, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, Pastor Emmanuel Apeh during a church programme and whisked him away to an unknown destination. Vanguard learnt the armed men who took their victim on a motorbike had stormed the venue…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 46-year-old, prominent Nigerian Pastor, in Zimbabwe, Nixon Chibuzor Ohizu, has been arrested for allegedly offering a $2,000(N772,000) bribe to National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) officials. Nixon who is the head pastor of the Empowerment Ministries Church was accused of offering USD 2,000(N772,000) to two high ranking NRZ officials to reverse the…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten children have been killed by lightning in the north-western Uganda city of Arua after sheltering in a hut during a storm. The children were playing football when heavy rain forced them to take a break in a nearby grass-thatched structure which was struck by lightning. Nine children, aged 13 to 15,…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mali’s influential imam Mahmoud Dicko, a key player in mass opposition protests this year, on Friday warned the country’s new military rulers they do not have “carte blanche” after ousting the president. “I have asked everyone to come together for Mali. I am still asking this, but that does not mean the…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The third crew member in the Bell 206 B3 helicopter owned by Quorum Aviation Services that crashed into a building at Opebi, Lagos State, on Friday has died. Our source gathered that he died due to complications arising from the crash at an undisclosed hospital. The Lagos State Emergency Agency had earlier…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is indeed a moment of joy and celebration for popular Nigerian gospel artiste Yinka Ayefele who has risen on his feet again years after getting involved in a life-threatening accident. The celebrated artist recently left his fans and followers on social media in awe after sharing a powerful video that captured…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two directors at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). One of the arrested directors is in charge of education, health, and social services, while the other is in charge of special projects. Their arrest, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, borders…