LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 200 houses in the Labiran area of Ibadan, the Oyo state capital, were razed in a midnight attack on Friday. SaharaReporters learnt that many residents have fled the area following the attack. An eyewitness told SaharaReporters that the attack, which started around 11pm on Thursday night, lasted for over…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former head of a Chinese state-owned asset management company was executed Friday on charges of taking bribes in an unusually severe penalty for a recent corruption case. Lai Xiaomin of China Huarong Asset Management Co., was among thousands of officials snared in a long-running anti-graft campaign led by President Xi Jinping….
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pirates who kidnapped 15 sailors from a Turkish-crewed container ship in the Gulf of Guinea on Saturday have made their first contact with the shipping company to discuss a ransom, Turkish state media reported on Thursday. “Communication has been established with crew members of the Mozart container ship,” Istanbul-based Boden Shipping, which…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death of former President Jerry John Rawlings seems to have given some people the boldness to do things that they wouldn’t have gathered the courage to do when he was alive. Apparently, another person has come out claiming that Rawlings was his biological father. A village drunkard identified as Akwasi George…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One Uchechukwu Nweke, 65, Thursday, allegedly killed his wife, son and then shot himself in Anambra State. The incident occurred at Amunike community in Awka North Local Government Area of the state. The late Nweke, after shooting his wife, reportedly set his house ablaze, killing his son in the process; before taking…
President Muhammadu Buhari had on Tuesday appointed, Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A. Z. Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff, as his new service chiefs following criticisms from Nigerians that the former ones had exhausted their…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said how pained he is to hear of the death of Joe Erico, a former Super Eagles goalkeeper. Erico was also part of the coaching crew that led Super Eagles to the 2000 Africa…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government on Wednesday banned trucks and trailers from plying roads in the state during day time. The government said trucks and trailers were now restricted to night operations on Lagos roads in order to avert rising carnage’s on roads during day time. The restriction order would soon be implemented…