LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a boat wreck off Libya, independent rescue groups and the U.N. migration agency said, as attempts to cross the Mediterranean increase during the warmer months. Humanitarian organizations have accused the Libyan coast guard and European authorities of failing to meet their responsibilities to…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The owners of Manchester United have set 4 billion pounds ($5.55 billion) as the asking price to sell the football club, the Irish Mirror reported https://bit.ly/2S1oZYx on Saturday. “City investors believe a bid close to their £4 billion asking price would tempt brothers Joel and Avram (Glazer), who effectively run the club,…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s presidency says it “stands behind” an embattled minister facing calls for his resignation after extreme Islamist views he held in the past recently came to light. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, and also a renowned Muslim cleric, expressed views sympathetic to groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram….
LAGOS APRIL 223RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a houseboy, Emmanuel Akpan for killing his madam, Mrs Febisola Caroline Adebayo, a food canteen operator. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Bolaji Salami, disclosed this on Thursday, April 22, while parading the suspect and his accomplice Goodness Ekpe, before newsmen in Akure. According to the CP,…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRAGERS)-A 34-year-old groom has been poisoned to death just a week before his wedding ceremony in Owerri, Imo State. The groom, known as Akuma Felix Emeka, was reportedly poisoned by his ex-girlfriend, who also poisoned herself to death. It’s unclear what transpired between the former lovers, but sources revealed that on Saturday,…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has dismissed the ongoing call for the sack of the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, saying the Buhari administration stands behind all Nigerians including the minister against unfair treatment. Reacting to calls in some quarters for Pantami to resign or be sacked over his past extremist…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS0-There was a drama at the cargo area at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, when one of the 250 cows flown into the country through the airport broke loose from its crate, leaving airport workers at the tarmac running for cover. According to information gathered, the cows…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen struck again, as they reportedly kidnapped 18 passengers along Igboora-Eruwa road in Ibarapaland, Oyo state. The incident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning has reportedly increased apprehensions in the minds of commuters and residents in the area. Confirming the abduction, Oladiran Oladokun, told…