LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a fresh crisis is brewing in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) over the ambition of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s next leader. Even though Tinubu is yet to formally declare his interest in the presidential…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian official on Monday criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the British government amid fears about the new omicron coronavirus variant as “punitive, indefensible and discriminatory.” U.K. Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday added Nigeria to the U.K.’s travel “red list,” which means that arrivals from…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aung San Suu Kyi, the civilian leader of Myanmar who was ousted in a de facto coup this year, was convicted on two charges Monday and handed a four-year sentence that was quickly cut in half — in proceedings widely criticized as a further effort by the country’s military rulers to roll…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has sentenced a retired customs officer, Mahmud Hassan, and two others to 16 years imprisonment over conspiracy and unlawful importation of 661 pump-action rifles. The two other persons convicted alongside Hassan are Oskar Okafor; Donatus Achinulo and Mahmud’s company, Hassan Trades Limited. The presiding judge,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old landlord, Solomon Odogbor and a painter were burnt beyond recognition after they were electrocuted during the painting of a house in Benin, the capital of Edo State on Friday. The incident occurred in an area close to the popular Edaiken Primary School Road, Uselu Quarters, in Egor Local Government Area…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Lagos State have commenced investigation into the death of 8 children in a parked vehicle in Jah-Michael community, Olorunda area of the state. The community was thrown into confusion when the dead children were discovered inside a Honda Pilot Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) with registration number AAA157BD parked inside…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s debt to China, France, Japan, India and Germany rose to $4.26bn as of June 30, 2021 from $3.85bn at the end of 2019, according to data obtained from the Debt Management Office. An analysis of the data showed that the country spent $402.74m in the 18-month period servicing bilateral loans, even…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The command style of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has upscaled Nigerian Army operations and enhanced its operational successes, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, has said. Nwachukwu stated this on Friday in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the upcoming COAS Annual Conference 2021. He…