Archive for: May, 2023

Hausa Trader Loses $11m Cash In Broad Daylight Robbery In Ogun

LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A four-man gang of armed robbers, on Friday afternoon, robbed a businessman $11million cash at the Oke-Sokori axis of Abeokuta metropolis, Ogun State capital. The robbers, all clad in black T-shirt and Jean trousers, also wore black facemasks, brandished their riffles on the metropolitan street in an operation that lasted about three […]

2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup Round of 16: Not Yet Uhuru For Nigeria

LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Yet To Qualify For The Round Of 16 Despite Two Wins From Two Games The 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup has reached the penultimate day of the group stage, and there’s sure to be more drama in store. Nigeria’s qualification for the next round of the competition is still in the […]

Naira Falls In Parallel Market Before Inauguration As Supply Thin Amid High Demand

LAGOS MAY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s currency weakened in the parallel market to the lowest level in a year on expectations of a possible change in exchange-rate management after Bola Tinubu takes office as president on Monday. The naira dropped to 775 per dollar on Friday from 762 the previous day in the unauthorized market in Lagos, […]

Court Prohibit Apapa, His Associates From Impersonating Labour Party Official

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Apapa and Associates Prohibited from Representing Themselves as Labour Party Officials, Abure Confirmed as Chairman by Edo State High Court In a significant development, Justice Emmanuel Okey Aihamoje of the Edo State High Court has dismissed the suspension notice issued against Comrade Barrister Julius Abure by certain individuals claiming to be Ward […]

Defamation: Diezani Drags AGF, EFCC To Court, Demands N100bn In Damages

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Diezani Alison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources, has filed a libel suit against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) demanding to be paid damages of N100 billion over claims that she is corrupt. In a writ of summons filed on her behalf at a federal […]

Drug Baron Who Imported £1bn Of Cocaine Into UK Found Dead In Prison Cell

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A drugs baron who imported up to £1bn of cocaine to the UK died seven years into his 25-year sentence. Johnny Gerrard Kock, 75, was found dead in his cell at HMP Berwyn in Wales on August 16, 2021. Kock was in prison serving a 25-year sentence after he used a fake […]

Pat Utomi Debunks  Report Of Working For APC Against Peter Obi

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Political economist and a former presidential aspirant, Prof. Pat Utomi has admitted collecting a sum of $2,000 from Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu for an MIT event over two decades ago. Mr Utomi mentioned this in a Twitter post on Friday morning amid an allegation that Tinubu used him to sponsor Peter Obi’s […]

IGP Redeploys PPROs, Appoint New Ones (SEE FULL LIST)

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman Baba, has effected the redeployment of some Public Relations Officers and appointment of new ones. The redeployments and new appointments, involving 15 Officers, was contained in a signal sighted by The Eagle Online. The signal was dated May 25, 2023 and copied to several Senior […]

Why I Shun Tinubu’s Inauguration Concert – Portable

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable has revealed he rejected N5 million to perform at the ‘Renewed Hope’ concert held in celebration of the forthcoming inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall the concert was held at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday with a display of performances from top […]

194 Passengers Escape Death As Man Opens Plane Emergency Door During Flight

LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested for opening the emergency door of an Asiana Airlines flight as it was landing in South Korea. All 194 passengers survived the flight, which landed safely but with its door still open at Daegu International Airport on Friday. Some passengers fainted while others had breathing problems and […]

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