LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boxing legend Mike Tyson is said to be spending £34,000 a month on smoking weed, as health concerns surrounding ‘The Baddest Man on The Planet’ continue to grow. Tyson has been no stranger to enjoying marijuana, even opening a cannabis ranch in Southern California. When discussing his love for the drug back…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, yesterday, gave the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro seven days ultimatum to unravel the circumstances surrounding the 20 embalmed bodies found in an uncompleted building in Ekenwan road axis of Benin City. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie, gave the ultimatum…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua insists he is ready for 12 rounds against Oleksandr Usyk after maintaining his substantial weight advantage for Saturday’s rematch in Jeddah. A theme of the build-up had been the apparently extra bulk being carried by a beefed-up Usyk but the additional muscle turned out to be an illusion as he…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSTANGERS)-The National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo has faulted the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, revoking licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide over indebtedness. In a statement issued on Friday, Isiguzo says the decision by the industry regulator, to revoke the licenses of 52 broadcast stations nationwide…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Broadcasting Commission, on Friday, directed 52 broadcast outfits, including the African Independent Television, Silverbird Television and the broadcasting corporations run by various state governments to shut down their operations. NBC said the directive became imperative following debts incurred by the broadcasting organisations amounting to at least N2.6bn. The Director-General of…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Thursday killed a lawyer, Benedict Azza, during a night attack in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital city. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that Mr Azza, the Principal Associate at Benedict Torngee Azza and Associates was killed around 10:00 p.m in Unguwar Saminaka behind the Federal Road Safety Corp headquarters in Gusau. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 45-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter were among eight persons who died Thursday in a stampede that occurred during a prayer service organised by the Comfort Life Mission International church in the Ikotun area of Lagos. Many worshippers also sustained severe injuries in the stampede. The bodies of the yet-to-be-identified woman,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers are shunning air travels while companies, organisation and Associations are reverting to online meetings instead of physical meetings and traveling due to the increase in the price of aviation fuel, also known as, Jet A1. The hike in Jet A1 has made airline tickets go up with passengers paying more than…
