LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada has rejected the request of a former member of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Olushola Popoola, seeking asylum in the North American country. Popoola’s application was rejected by the Immigration Division of the Immigration and Refugee Board in Canada because of him being a member of the defunct unit of the Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Monday slumped before being revived during an official assignment in Sokoto. He was immediately surrounded by anxious aides and dignitaries who raised him up from the ground after successfully reviving him. Malami, who recently returned from an official visit to…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Islamic faithful in the country to use the holy period of Ramadan and offer special prayers for Nigeria, currently facing challenges at many fronts. Obi, in a statement released by his media…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of residents of the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak were fleeing into neighbouring Niger on Wednesday trying to escape days of jihadist attacks, locals and a military source told AFP. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Wednesday launched a renewed assault on a military base in the…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.K. High Court of Justice, Strand, London, (Queen’s Bench Division) Tuesday, April 13, granted a perpetual injunction restraining Maureen Badejo from publishing further defamatory words against or concerning Dr. Daniel Olukoya, his family and the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Collins Edomaruse has said in a statement. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed eight more northerners and injured six others in a fresh attack in Imo State last week. This is coming after attacks on the correctional centre and police station as well as the killings of innocent people by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). BBC Hausa reports that…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Managing Director of a Murtala Muhammed Airport-based firm, Star Orient Nigeria Limited, Dare Osamo, and two others have been arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos State for allegedly stealing N1 billion. The defendants, Osamo, Ayoola Olore Abisola and Hussaina Abdulkadir, were in the dock before Magistrate Mrs A. A. Oshiniyi…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Lagos State Police Command have arrested five men for allegedly offering policemen N500,000 bribe. A press statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Realtion Officer (PPRO) sighted by NewsRangers disclosed that Police operatives attached to Area E Command, Festac Lagos State, on 11th April, 2021, at about 3am, accosted…