LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, on Wednesday, shunned an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission probing the N37.1bn allegedly laundered during her tenure in office through a contractor, James Okwete. Umar-Farouq kept interrogators waiting for over eight hours on Wednesday without an official…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were said to have died on Wednesday evening when the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir, was involved in an accident . A source who spoke with our correspondent on condition of anonymity said the accident claimed the life of policeman and a photographer believe to be…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sebastine Broderick-Imasuen, who led the Golden Eaglets to win the inaugural U-17 World Cup in 1985 is dead. PUNCH reports that the late Nigerian coach was on life support at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital for over a year. Brodericks-Imasuen, 85, had been diagnosed with Ischemic stroke in December 2022 and…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Moroccan police, in collaboration with Spanish security forces, have confiscated 1.488 tonnes (3,280lb) of cocaine in a joint operation. The illicit substance was concealed within banana boxes inside a shipping container on a vessel originating from South America en route to Turkey. The seizure occurred on Tuesday at the Tanger Med port…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma has been charged with four counts of treason in connection with an attempted coup. Last November, gunmen broke into a military armoury and several prisons in Freetown, freeing almost 2,000 inmates. He has denied any involvement in the attack which killed about 20 people. West…
LAGOS JANAURY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was showers of blessings in parts of Lagos on Wednesday as Nigeria’s economic capital recorded the first rain of 2024. For about 20 minutes, areas like Ishashi, and Iba LCDA had light showers that were almost immediately replaced by sunny weather. In January 2024, Lagos weather is expected to reach a…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Explosions at an event honoring a prominent Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike in 2020 have killed at least 103 people and wounded over 140 others, state-run media in Iran reported Wednesday. A senior official called the blasts a “terroristic” attack, without elaborating on who could be behind them amid wider…
LAGOS JANAURY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has reacted to a media report alleging fresh plans to increase the price of petrol to N1,200 per litre. Politics Nigeria reports that social media platforms, on Wednesday, have been awash with rumours of a new increase in the price of fuel across the country. Reacting…