LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a surprise announcement that could upset African politics for years to come, former American President Barack Obama has confirmed this morning his candidacy in the 2021 Kenyan presidential campaign. Son of a Kenyan senior governmental economist, Barack Hussein Obama Sr., the politician who served as the 44th President of the United States…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House Intelligence Committee on Tuesday released a collection of new evidence obtained from Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, that looks into how Giuliani communicated with the president of Ukraine on behalf of President Donald Trump. Among the documents was a previously unseen handwritten note by Parnas, a Florida businessman…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Imo State Governor, Emeka Ihedioha reportedly wept in his office over his loss to Senator Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Ihedioha was sacked by the country’s Apex Court on Tuesday evening in a judgement delivered by a 7-man panel led by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Just about few days after the inauguration of a security outfit known as Amotekun by South-West states, the Federal Government has declared the paramilitary outfit as illegal as it is not backed by any known law in the land. It is noted that the Attorney General of the Federation made the feeling…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court of Nigeria has nullified the election of Mr Emeka Ihedioha of the People’s Democratic Party as the governor of Imo State. The court in its ruling on Tuesday declared Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election in Imo state….
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three men, alleged to have killed a teenager with stone, were on Tuesday docked before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants, Kayode Thompson, 20; Fuad Enitan, 20; and Mutalib Kazeem, 24, are being tried on two-count charge of conspiracy and murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Oladele Adebayo, alleged that…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 25-year- old man Sunday Patrick has drowned in a hotel owned by National President of Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTÈAN), Comrade Osakpamwan Eriyo. Patrick was reported to have been confirmed dead at the hospital where he was rushed to. Sources said he went to swim at the Mega Touch…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have kidnapped two teachers, identified as Dada Okun and Mrs. Esther Alabi, in Owan West local government of Edo state. It was gathered that the teachers were abducted on Monday while teaching at Obi Primary School at Obi Camp in Avbiosi community in the area. It was…