LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Friday sought court order, joining the three Zamfara senators and 27 other lawmakers who defected from the the party to All Progressives Congress (APC) in a suit against Gov. Bello Matawalle. The PDP, through its counsel, O.J. Onoja, SAN, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. They said they recovered a knife and were not looking for anyone else in connection with the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have abducted the twin children of Oba Obbo Aiyegunle in Ekiti Local Government, Kwara State alongside the driver of the monarch. It was gathered that they were kidnapped on Thursday evening on their way home from school after closing hours. They were kidnapped around the Obbo Aiyegunle dam in Ekiti…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three people have been confirmed killed with many others seriously injured as two factions of transport unions clashed between Wednesday night and Thursday in the Mile 2 area of Lagos state. THEWILL gathered that the clash is not unconnected with the ongoing battle for the control of motor parks between…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder has finally paid tribute to Tyson Fury in his first public statement since losing their WBC heavyweight title showdown in Las Vegas. Fury came through a bruising third contest between the pair at the T-Mobile Arena, eventually delivering an 11th-round knockout of the American to end a bout which saw…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Customs and Excise; Finance; Banking and Currency to invite Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele; Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.); and Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, over the controversy surround the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has denied having hands in his posters being circulated both offline and online, through different social media platforms. The release made available to NewsRangers by his Media Office and signed by Mr. Valentine Obienyem, said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s military has announced the death of Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the head of the West African branch of the Islamic State group. “He is dead and remains dead,” said Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor. Gen Irabor did not give any details of the circumstances of Barnawi’s death, which was first…