Archive for: May, 2023

Father Clubs 16-Year-Old Son To Death For Stealing Millet

LAGOS MMAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 16-year-old boy, Mustapha Sunusi, was on Friday evening clubbed to death by his father, Abdulwahab Sunusi, for allegedly stealing one measure (mudu) of millet in Tanagar village in Warawa LGA of Kano State. A witness said, “Abdulwahab went overboard in an attempt to instill discipline on his 16-year-old son. He lost […]

MiG-21 Aircraft Crashes Into House, Kill Three

LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three civilians were killed on Monday when a MIG-21 military aircraft crashed into a house in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The Indian Air Force said in a statement that the plane had taken off for a a “routine operational training sortie” from a nearby base.  “Soon thereafter, the pilot experienced an […]

Former Nigerian Female Ambassador Sues Bank Over Missing N1b Jewelry Box

LAGOS MMAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Ambassador to Cape Verde, Justina Eze, has dragged an old-generation bank to court over her box of gold, diamond, coral beads and other materials allegedly kept in the custody of the bank. The jewellery box, valued at about N1 billion, was said to have been kept in the vault of the bank’s […]

Sexagenarian Writes 2023 UTME, To Study Medicine

LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 69-year-old man named Babatunde Fabiyi was part of the candidates who wrote the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, with the aim of studying medicine at the University of Lagos, information obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has revealed. Our correspondent gathered that Fabiyi, who picked UNILAG as his first […]

Supreme Court Delivers Final Judgement On Osun Gov Election Today

LAGOS MAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Supreme Court will on Tuesday give its verdict on the appeal brought before it by the immediate past governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his party, the All Progressives Congress. The court is expected to seat by 2 pm tomorrow (Tuesday). Oyetola and the APC had challenged the judgement of […]

Peter Obi Visits Soyinka One Month After Playwright ‘Clash’ With Obidients

LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Sunday, paid a courtesy visit to the Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. The visit is coming one month after the playwright clashed with the Obidients movement, a nickname adopted by Obi’s supporters. Soyinka, who faulted voter suppression witnessed in some polling units in […]

143 Passengers Survive As Max Air Aircraft Crash-Lands In Abuja

LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 143 passengers yesterday escaped death when a Max Air aircraft yesterday crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja, after its tyre reportedly burst into flames. The management of Max Air disclosed that all the 143 passengers and an infant on board the aircraft with registration No: […]

Respite For 2021/2022 As PSC Approves Payment For Six Months Salary Arrears

LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission has approved salary payments for the 2021/2022 Police recruits who passed out of the Police Colleges  and have been in formal Police work in different Police Commands and formations since the past six months without salary.  The Commission’s decision was reached in the interest of national security anchored […]

Peter Obi Felicitates King Charles III, Demands  More Support For African Countries

LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party (LP) Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has congratulated King Charles III on his coronation, Saturday, May 6, 2023, expressing hope that the new King and leader of the Commonwealth will mobilise better support from the richer commonwealth countries “to poorer ones, especially in Africa, on a broad range of economic issues.” […]

Why US President Joe Biden Rejects Invitation To Attend Charles’ Coronation

LAGOS MAY 7TH (EWSRANGERS)-US President Joe Biden has bizarrely said he couldn’t attend King Charles III’s coronation due to an interview at MSNBC that aired Friday night, hours before the historic event. Speaking to anchor Stephanie Ruhle, Mr Biden claimed that he rejected King Charles’ invitation and said: “I told him I couldn’t be there […]

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