Archive for: July, 2021

17-Year-Old Boy Smashes Stepfather’s Skull With Pestle…Victim Dies

LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 17-year-old boy, identified only as Junior, has allegedly killed his stepfather, Adebowale Okuwobi, with a pestle in Ekoro community in the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that 42-year-old Okuwobi, a commercial driver, was asleep when Junior allegedly attacked him with a pestle on Monday, July 5, […]

Jul 22 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

Benin Rejects Igboho’s Hasty Extradition, To Follow Due Process, Rule Of Law

LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Republic of Benin has resisted Nigeria’s attempts to hastily extradite the Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, to the headquarters of the Department of State Services in Abuja. The PUNCH gathered that the Federal Government planned to extradite the activist on Wednesday (yesterday), but Benin Republic insisted […]

Jul 22 2021 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

World’s First Flying Motorcycle Aces Successful Test Run

LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Your dad doesn’t have to be Daedalus for you to know about the dangers of flying too close to the Sun. But the sad tale of Icarus is worth keeping in mind as you read this story. Because as cool as it sounds, taking a flying motorcycle 15,000 feet in the sky […]

Jul 22 2021 | Posted in Business,National | Read More »

Death Toll In South Africa Protest Rises To 276 As Police Investigate 168 Murder Cases

LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from recent riots in South Africa has risen to 276, and police are investigating 168 cases for murder, a cabinet minister said on Wednesday. The unrest started as protests over former president Jacob Zuma’s jailing two weeks ago in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal. But it quickly escalated into […]

Jul 22 2021 | Posted in International,National | Read More »

UK Asks Nigeria Govt To Explain Circumstances Of Kanu’s Arrest

LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS0-Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader who holds British citizenship, was arrested after Kanu’s lawyer alleged he had been detained and mistreated in Kenya before being sent back to Nigeria. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which wants part of […]

Jul 22 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

Benin Bronze:Dispute Between Nigeria Leaders Jeopardise Return Of Artifacts

LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A dispute between Nigerian leaders could jeopardise plans for the return of some of Africa’s most famous artifacts, the Benin Bronzes, which were looted during the colonial era and are now mainly in Western museums, as writer Barnaby Phillips reports. The Bronzes, thousands of metal sculptures and ivory carvings, were seized from […]

Jul 22 2021 | Posted in Entertainment,International,National | Read More »

Sunday Igboho’s Loyalists Protest In Ibadan Over His Detention In Cotonou

LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of embattled Yoruba activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho have taken to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to protest his arrest and detention by Beninise authorities. The Nation reports Igboho, who was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night, is still being held by Beninise authorities. […]

Jul 21 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

NDLEA Nabs Two Inter State Ladies Drug Traffickers With 296,000 Tabs Of Illicit Drugs

LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who uses multiple identities and wears hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Benue state along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and […]

Jul 21 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

Again, Unknown Gunmen Kidnap 80-Year-Old Bayelsa State SSG’s Mother

LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have again abducted the 80-year-old mother of the Secretary to the Bayelsa State Government, Madam Betinah Benson. The PUNCH learnt that Konbowei Benson’s mother was kidnapped for the second time in eight years on Tuesday night at her residence in the Old Assembly Quarters, Yenagoa. Her abductors were said to have […]

Jul 21 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »

‘Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Igboho Still Held In Cotonou, Not released’

LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to trending reports that embattled Yoruba Nation Agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho has been released and flown to Germany, he is still being held by the Beninoise authorities, The Nation can confirm. The Nation reports Igboho was arrested at an airport in Cotonou on Monday night. Professor Wale Adeniran of […]

Jul 21 2021 | Posted in National | Read More »
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