LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have criticised former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, for mobilising friends to contribute N50 million towards the ransom for the release of the five remaining Mansoor Al-Kadriyar sisters kidnapped in Abuja. Pantami announced on Sunday via X account that an undisclosed friend volunteered to raise N50 million, following…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Muhammadu Buhari has said that throughout his stay in office, he did not build any new house, and that nobody can accuse him of corruption. Speaking during the launch of a book in Abuja, the former president said that he has always declared his assets, and challenged people to ask…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday, paraded 37 persons allegedly involved in cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of fire arms and other crimes. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, who paraded the suspects and exhibits recovered from them equally issues security hints for the safety of Lagosians. Fayoade…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli hostages Itay Svirsky and Yossi Sharabi, among more than 240 people kidnapped Oct. 7, were murdered by Hamas and their bodies are being held by the militant group in Gaza, the Kibbutz Be’eri said. Earlier this week Hamas released videos showing Sharabi, 53, Svirsky, 38, and Noa Argamani, 26, urging Prime…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Sierra Leonean president has been granted permission to travel abroad on medical grounds despite facing treason charges. The High Court ruling comes amid speculation that Ernest Bai Koroma has agreed to go into exile in Nigeria if charges against him were dropped. He was accused of treason and other offences…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arnold Schwarzenegger was detained by customs officers at the Munich airport on Wednesday for not declaring a luxury watch he was wearing while traveling to Austria, a customs spokesperson confirmed to CBS News. Schwarzenegger, 76, was detained for three hours at the airport in Germany, a source familiar with the incident told CBS…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman and her baby have been rescued from one of the buildings affected by the explosion in Ibadan. Politics Nigeria reports that many have been fear dead while over 70 survivors are receiving treatment at various hospitals in Ibadan after an explosion on Tuesday evening. The explosion, which destroyed several houses…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said preliminary investigations by security agencies revealed that the explosion that rocked the Bodija Area of Ibadan, the state capital on Tuesday was caused by explosive devices stored by illegal miners. No fewer than 10 persons were feared killed and 15 others hospitalised following the…