LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale Akanbi has ordered that the traditional Oro festival should no longer hold in the town. Oba Akanbi also banned any form of sacrifice to appease god or deity in the town, declaring that anybody caught with sacrifice should be made to eat the materials. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s black market for kidneys is booming due to hypertension and renal failure, which affect 20 million Nigerians, with one in five needing urgent transplants. Since humans only need one kidney for survival, they can donate the other to a sick person. In recent years, there has been an increase in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three major illicit drug syndicates were taken down by operatives of a special unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in intelligence-led operations across parts of Lagos state, leading to the arrest of a baroness and four other kingpins with multi-billion naira worth of Cocaine, Opioids and Loud recovered from…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Charles Oputa,also known as Charly Boy or Area fada ,has taken a swipe at Anambra state Governor, Charles Soludo over his failures in governance. In a post shared on Twitter, Charly Boy raised concerns over Soludo’s inability to perform just like his colleague, Alex Otti, the Governor of Abia state. According to…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Intervention Team comprising prominent Islamic scholars in the country at the weekend met with the coup leaders in Niger where both parties agreed to intensify the option of dialogue in resolving the political crisis in that country. The Islamic Ulammas led by Sheik Bala Lau met with General Abdourahmane Tchiani for…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has caused a stir on social media after posters indicating his interest in the Yobe Senatorial district primaries emerged on social media. Naija News understands that Usman Baba may be seeking to contest in the Yobe South senatorial district election under the platform of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of a political support group known as Obidients have raised rent money for a comrade who was displaced by the recent demolition of buildings in Oworonshoki, Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos state. Hundreds of houses Oworonshoki and Idi Araba communities were demolished by the state government days ago and many…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-After preaching the Christianity gospel for over 40 years, veteran Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo, founder of Kingsway International Christian Centre, KICC, has chosen a new career real estate business, The Will reports. According to the report, the famous televangelist has retired from full-time Christian ministry and is now one of the biggest landowners…