LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Oshodi Special Offences (Mobile) Court has sentenced a Lagos socialite, Ms Ogbulu Chindinma Pearl, to 27 months imprisonment for distributing petrol as souvenir at her party. Trial Magistrate, Kehinde Ogundare, on Thursday convicted Ms. Ogbulu of a three count charge brought against her by Lagos State. A statement issued yesterday night…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials of Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has recovered a Toyota Highlander, a locally made cut to size double barrel gun with three live cartridges, a dog (American Eskimo breed) and jewellery from fleeing armed robbers in Alagbado area. Also found in the vehicle with the registration number AGL 276 AQ, were:…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation Desert Sanity on a clearance patrol in Sambisa Forest yesterday uncovered the wreckage of a missing Nigerian Air Force Alpha Jet (NAF475). The fighter jet went off the radar on March 31, 2021, with two crew members. A statement issued by the Nigerian Army on its Twitter handle said…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Police Command operative has arrested Inspector Dele Reuben, the officer captured on video harassing a motorist for the now-suspended tinted glasses permit. He is currently undergoing disciplinary procedures at the State Headquarters, Ikeja. A press statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO) SP Benjamin Hundeyin sighted…
LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In BBC series of letters from African writers, Nigerian novelist, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on the recent long power blackouts and how she once enjoyed the outages. For many Nigerian children who have never been abroad, few stories about the West are as fascinating as the fact that electricity can stay on…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Nigerians have been sanctioned by the United States for allegedly supporting Nigeria-based terrorist group, Boko Haram The US, in a statement, listed the individuals as Abdurrahman Ado Musa, Salihu Yusuf Adamu, Bashir Ali Yusuf, Muhammed Ibrahim Isa, Ibrahim Ali Alhassan and Surajo Abubakar Muhammad. The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A frontline 2023 presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on Nigerians to review the political leadership selection process in the country, saying that until Nigerians begin to focus on character, integrity, competence and capacity, the political future of the country would remain bleak. The former governor…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At the summit in Accra, leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) gave Mali’s military transitional government 12 to 16 months to arrange elections and offered Guinea’s ruling junta a month to propose a timeline for democratic transition. They also demanded Burkina Faso’s interim leaders immediately release President Roch…