
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, 25,000 South African troops began taking up positions Thursday to help quell weeklong riots sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma. At least 117 people have been killed in the violence, authorities said. The government […]

LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Gambian court sentenced an ally of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh to death Wednesday for his role in the murder of a former finance minister, an AFP journalist saw. Jammeh seized power in 1994 as part of a bloodless military coup in the tiny West African state. He then ruled with an iron […]

LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Traditional Ruler, Kabiyesi Jacob Esan of Ijesa, Osun State and owner of Liberitas Plc is now counting his loses after he was swindled to the tune of N525m. The Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Philemon Ibrahim Gora for offences bordering on obtaining […]
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LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has arrested more suspects in connection with the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. The Lagos Police Commissioner, Hakeem Odumosu, made this known during a parade of some suspects at the command headquarters in Ikeja on Wednesday, without giving details. “We have […]
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LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Criminal Court has acknowledged a 27-page petition filed by Yoruba Nation agitators against President Muhammadu Buhari. The petition was signed by the Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Activist, Sunday Igboho; and other 49 persons fighting for the actualization of Oduduwa Republic, an agitated sovereign state […]

LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba Self-Determination groups have filed a 27-page petition before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Several leaders of Yoruba Self-Determination groups appended their signatures on the petition. The petition was submitted at […]

LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It seemed the triumph of people’s power as both chambers of the National Assembly, yesterday, buckled to strident opposition from the public and key stakeholders to the Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Amendment Bill, as well as the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as Commissioner of the Independent National […]
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LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State. During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master cards […]
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LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday opened evidence in the trial of a seven-member syndicate that allegedly defrauded customers of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) of N900 million. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the case is before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an […]
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LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo has offered to refund all the allowances she has received since the president assumed office in 2017. She also said that she would not accept a salary that was recently approved by the country’s parliament. She added that she did not request to be paid and had only […]