LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many traders at Okobaba Sawmill, Lagos Mainland are counting their losses after hoodlums reportedly invaded the market around 5pm on Friday and looted about 35 shops. Daily Trust learnt that the thugs, armed with guns, operated freely till around 4am on Saturday and brought in a vehicle to pack their loot. Policemen…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck at Claratian University of Nigeria, Nekede, in Owerri, Imo State when a seminarian, Suel Ambrose, slumped and died while acting a drama on Good Friday. The incident caused panic and pandemonium among the seminarians and passersby as frantic efforts to revive the deceased failed. Some students interviewed on Saturday morning…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential hopeful, Mr Peter Obi, has urged Christians to translate the teachings of humility and love for one another imbibed in the Lenten period, in their relations with fellow country men and women. Obi who made the remarks in his Easter message released on Saturday, also urged…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The ‘A dara, a dara’ singer, among many other acclaimed songs, died hours ago, at the age of 79. The passage was relayed by his widow, Latoya, through music promoter and Evergreen Music boss, Bimbo Esho. Esho noted in an early Friday Facebook post thus: Bimbo, Daddy Has Passed On… “This was…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Shari’a Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Thursday, ordered that two men, Nura Usman and Adamu Dauda, be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly defecating in a mosque. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the police charged Usman and Dauda with public nuisance andacinciting violence. The judge, Malam…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded a chartered accountant, identified as Benjamin, for allegedly setting his wife, Chinyere, and brother-in-law, Ifeanyi, ablaze in the Abule Ado area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that Chinyere and Ifeanyi were at a guest house in the couple’s residence when Benjamin allegedly set…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the pardon of 159 convicts including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye; and ex-Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba State, who were both imprisoned for stealing N1.16bn and N1.6bn respectively. Confirming Dariye’s pardon, the Commissioner…
By Amanze Obi LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Again, the Peter Obi mystique has come alive. His bid for the presidency is unearthing the intricate details of his intriguing personality. He ventured onto the Nigerian political scene in 2003. But not until he was sworn in as the governor of Anambra State in March 2006 did he…