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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
