LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sri Lankan acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe was selected by Parliament Wednesday as the country’s new leader, after widespread protests ousted the unpopular Gotabaya Rajapaksa earlier in July. His elevation is likely to spark further backlash from the public, who see him part as of the political elite and an ally of the…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial songster, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, has made a dramatic retraction of his earlier statement that he founded One Million Boys, a notorious cult group terrorising residents of Lagos and Ogun states. In a video, which went viral on Monday, Portable was heard saying he formed the gang and another notorious group…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The newest phenomenon in town, Mr. Peter Obi turns 61 today. Contrary to the customary use of the day to see him through biographical prisms, we shall view him through the mass movement that has all the attributes of a revolution in which he is a prominent figure. As…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Falcons failed to earn a 10th final match appearance after falling 4-5 on penalty kicks in the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) semi-finals on Monday. This was after playing out a 1-1 draw with hosts Morocco over 120 minutes in the competition’s semi-final match. The Nigerian side were…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi Support Network (PSON) has condemned Governor Nasir El-rufai of Kaduna State for his decision to prevent a planned Northern Summit in support of Mr. Peter Obi, Labour Party’s presidential candidate, from holding at the Arewa House in Kaduna. The Governor, according to the organisers of the Summit, called the Manager of…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of four suspects standing trial in the murder of one Chidi Onwukwe in Port Harcourt on Thursday suffered another setback following lack of counsels to defend three of the suspects in the matter. Samuel Onwukwe (1st defendant) Andrew Epai Otanye (2nd defendant), Samuel Emmason (3rd defendant), Promise George (4th…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has ordered an investigation into the comments by controversial artist, Habeeb Okikiola also known as Portable that he founded a cult group. Portable had in a viral video boasted to have formed ‘One Million Boys’ cult group. The group had caused unrest in many parts of…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), a body of online publishing organizations, run by professional journalists with backgrounds in Broadcasting, Print and New Media has rejected National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA practicing code, stressing that the NITDA Code and its prescriptions are toxic, undemocratic and a clear affront on free speech…
