LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen numbering about 50 have attacked the Spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP), Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, in his country home of Akokwa, Ideato North local government area of Imo State on Saturday afternoon. Already, Ugochinyere’s uncle, Ikeagwuonu, has been shot dead and several others fatally wounded in the attack….
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran said Saturday it executed a former high-ranking defense ministry official and dual Iranian-British national, despite international warnings not to carry out the death sentence. The execution further escalated tensions with the West amid the nationwide anti-government protests shaking the Islamic Republic. The hanging of Ali Reza Akbari, a close ally of…
LAGOS JANUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China on Saturday reported nearly 60,000 deaths in people who had COVID-19 since early December, offering hard numbers for an unprecedented surge that was apparent in overcrowded hospitals and packed crematoriums, even as the government released little data about the status of the pandemic for weeks. Those numbers may still underestimate the…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mojeed Salami, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Seme Police Division, Lagos State Police command is dead. SP Salami reportedly collapsed in his office on Tuesday, January 10 and was confirmed dead at the hospital where he was rushed to. Vanguard learned that the deceased had complained of headache on the said day and…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States citizen, Vonapolouis Moss, has explained to the Kwara State Police Command how she was tricked into travelling to Nigeria by Joshua Awoyele, a 23-year-old suspected Internet fraudster widely known as “yahoo boy”. Moss of 2962, W 64th Court, Merrillville, Indiana 46410, USA said she was lured into the…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-First civilian Governor of Anambra State and Harvard-trained Economist, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, has described the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, as ‘God’s gift’ to Nigeria to help end our woes and enthrone justice, equity, fairness and explosive economic development for the nation. Ezeife, leading top Igbo leaders that…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Legal practitioner, Barrister Ken Eluma Asogwa, has dragged the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Director General, Department of State Security Services (DSS) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja for alleged negligence and breach of professional duties towards the Presidential candidate of…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been found not guilty of six counts of rape and one count of sexual assault against four young women. The jury failed to reach verdicts on one count of rape and one of attempted rape and a retrial will take place. Louis Saha Matturie, 41, was…