LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano, Wednesday, ordered a retrial of the death sentence against a singer who was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. The singer, Aminu Yahaya-Sharif, 24, a resident of Sharifai in the Kano metropolis, was accused of committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam in a…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenya’s Deputy President and president-elect, William Ruto’s daughter, June Ruto, was on Saturday, engaged to Nigeria’s Dr. Alexander Ezenagu. The engagement event was held in Nairobi and attended by top political leaders and respected persons in the society. A delegation from Nigeria was led by former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka who…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olori Janet Afolabi, the Queen of Apomu Kingdom has officially flagged off “Initiative to Stop Teenage Pregnancy”on August 13, at the Alapomu Palace Hall,Apomu. The initiative is aimed at curbing the rising rate of teenage pregnancy in the community. According to the Problem Analysis research carried out by Olori Afolabi, 60…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Tuesday at the Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, after four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water. PUNCH Metro gathered that 10 secondary school leavers, aged between 14 and 15, went to swim at the beach to celebrate the completion of their West African Senior…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock on Tuesday, The PUNCH has learnt. Sources familiar with the matter told one of our correspondents that the Federal Government’s team met with the representatives of ASUU at the headquarters of the National Universities Commission….
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The incarcerated human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong has sued the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, over the her refusal to furnish him with his conviction order and copies of court proceedings, despite repeated applications. The lawyer, on Monday, filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Uyo, praying the court to direct…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent pendent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has appointed Cyril Omorogbe as its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom following the exit of Mike Igini. The electoral body said this in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Festus Okoye, on Tuesday. Having served as the INEC REC in the state for…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian electricity workers on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over pay, throwing parts of Africa’s most populous nation into darkness, a union leader said. The National Union of Electricity Employees called the nationwide industrial action to compel the government to honour a 2019 agreement to pay retired workers of a former state-owned electricity…
