LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men on motorbikes killed at least 18 people at a mosque in Niger state in northern Nigeria, two residents told Reuters on Monday. The attackers arrived in the Maza-Kuka community of Mashegu local government area at roughly 5 a.m., the residents said. “They came and went straight to the mosque and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The November 6, 2021 Anambra state Governorship election may have run into serious hitch, as a huge number of adhoc Staff recruited for the exercise have resigned due to fear of attacks by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Pro Biafran group, had last weekend, issued a statement…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen who kidnapped former Council Chairman of Nkanu West Council area of Enugu state, and Nolly wood Actor, movie producer, Mr. Afam Nnaji have demanded for N10m ransom for his freedom. A family Source who made this known on Monday in Enugu said the movie Director was kidnapped on Sunday, on his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sudan’s military seized power from a transitional government on Monday and soldiers killed at least three people and wounded 80 as street protests broke out against the coup. The leader of the takeover, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the military-civilian Sovereign Council that had been set up to guide the country to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mamood Yakubu has affirmed that his Commission is determined to proceed with the Anambra State Governorship election as scheduled. Yakubu who gave the assurance at a special meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Electoral Securities (ICCES) on the Anambra Governlrship Election held at INEC…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s left-wing leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, resumed at a military court in Ouagadougou on Monday. The slaying of Sankara, a pan-Africanist icon, has for years cast a shadow over the impoverished Sahel state, fuelling its…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has dragged former world cruiserweight boxing champion, Bash Alli, over alleged defamation of character and disruptive comments. At the weekend, Alli released a video wherein he accused the minister of extorting ‘millions of naira’ from him as part of the process to organise a world boxing title fight…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will, Monday October 25, 2021, depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) the President will be joined at the 5th edition of…