LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Friday said its Lagos Zonal Command has taken over the probe of an actress and cosmetologist Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin for alleged new naira notes policy violation. The anti-graft agency said items recovered from Omoseyin at the point of arrest include a Range Rover and iPhone mobile…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of Burkina Faso’s revered revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara is to be buried alongside 12 comrades at the spot where in 1987 they were assassinated, the country’s ruling junta said on Friday. The ceremony will take place “in February” at the site of a memorial that already marks the location, the…
LAGOS February 3rd (newsrangers)-The police operatives in Ogun have arrested a man for allegedly setting his wife ablaze in the Ibogun area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, identified the suspect as Hassan Azeez. Azeez’s arrest followed a complaint lodged at…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former presidential candidate of the African Democratic Party, ADC and CBN Deputy Governor, Kingsley Moghalu has said the country’s currency, Naira, has become a commodity in the black market. Moghalu also said the current scarcity of the Naira was a way of the currency responding to its smuggling, arbitrage and other forms…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Mrs. Treasure Jackson went to the Badagry market on 26 October 2022, she had many things running through her mind as she crisscrossed the length and breadth of the busy market; seeking the best deals available. Desperate for better fortunes to expand her struggling business in Benin City, Edo State, Mrs…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wealthy businessman with a reputation for being frugal, Peter Obi has emerged as a powerful force ahead of February’s Nigeria’s presidential election, energising voters with messages of prudence and accountability that are amplified by an army of social media users. In a country that seems to always be on the lookout…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. He was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session, our correspondent was told by close sources. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian politicians will soon start decamping from their respective political parties to the Labour Party, Aisha Yesufu has confirmed. The social media critic and activist stated, via a post on Twitter, that the presidential candidate of the Labour Party will win the February election, a sign which is now glaring to other…