LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Aranda Overseas Corp, a company belonging to Seyi Tinubu, purchased a London mansion which the Nigerian government had tried to seize as property bought with the proceeds of crime, Bloomberg has reported. Seyi, who is the son of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, bought the property for £9 million ($10.8 million) through the…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Hudu-Yunusa Ari, and other suspects have been arrested and are now in police custody and are currently being interrogated at the Force Headquarters, Louis Edet House, over alleged impropriety during the April 15 supplementary governorship poll in the state. The development was confirmed by the…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations in Uganda, Colonel Charles Okello Engola, was on Tuesday shot dead by one of his military bodyguards as he was entering his vehicle to go to work. The Uganda police, while sharing preliminary information about the killing of the minister, said the…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former UFC fighter Felipe Colares died on Monday at 29 years old. Colares’ coach Rodrigo Babi told Combate that Colares was hit by a bus in Rio de Janeiro on Monday morning while returning from a training session. He was tended to by first responders on the scene and died while in…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder was arrested early Tuesday morning in Los Angeles on a charge of possession of a concealed weapon, according to TMZ. The arrest reportedly came on a routine traffic stop in which Wilder was pulled over in Hollywood around 1:15 a.m. when officers allegedly noticed his Rolls-Royce…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid fell to a 2-0 defeat at Real Sociedad on Tuesday, leaving the champions 14 points behind La Liga leaders Barcelona with five games remaining. Former Madrid winger Takefusa Kubo and Ander Barrenetxea netted for the hosts, who tightened their grip on fourth spot and Champions League qualification. Madrid defender Dani…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Paris Saint-Germain will suspend Lionel Messi for two weeks after the Argentine superstar skipped training to travel to Saudi Arabia, and won’t extend the Argentine superstar’s contract beyond this season, according to multiple reports Tuesday. The punishment, and Messi’s unauthorized trip to the Gulf one day after a dispiriting 3-1 loss to…
LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed robbers have laid siege to the Mile 2-Badagry Expressway in Lagos State, robbing travellers brazenly daily. They target traders particularly in the morning and at night between Alakija and Volks Bus Stop. On Sunday, the hoodlums blocked the road around Volks and robbed passengers who were left to their fate. One…