LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Mexican drug cartel accused in the gruesome killings of nine women and children from an offshoot Mormon community must pay $1.5 billion to the families, a federal judge from North Dakota ruled. The family members of the victims filed a lawsuit accusing the Juarez cartel of carrying out the November 2019 attack in Mexico as…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Equalities Minister, Nigerian-born Kemi Badenoch, has put herself forward as a candidate to become the next United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister, promising “limited government” and “a focus on the essentials.” The MP for Saffron Walden said she supported lower taxes “to boost growth and productivity, and accompanied by tight spending discipline.”…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military jet, amid mass protests over its economic crisis. The country’s air force confirmed the 73-year-old flew to the Maldives with his wife and two security officials. They arrived in the capital, Male, at around 03:00 local time (22:00 GMT), BBC Sinhala understands….
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a former gubernatorial aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party, will officially announce his defection to Labour Party (LP) “next week,” PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. Mr Rhodes-Vivour, one of the favourites to clinch the PDP’s guber ticket for the 2023 general election, withdrew from the race hours before the party’s primaries….
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panicking parents were seen weeping bitterly yesterday when no fewer than two pupils died, while others passed out after they suffocated in their school bus in Aguda area of Lagos state. The driver of the school bus, Odunsa Mandala, was taking the pupils back to their homes after the close of school when the incident…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Defence Headquarters has reacted to viral video produced by Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, wherein he made wild and unsubstantiated allegations against the Armed Forces of Nigeria, regarding the recent spate of terrorist attacks particularly, the attack of the prison in Kuje – Abuja on 5 July 2022. Statement signed by Director Defence…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The terrorists that attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound AK9 train on March, 28 have released another set of seven hostages in their custody after more than 100 days in captivity in the forest, The PUNCH reports. Malam Tukur Mamu, one of the negotiators and Media Consultant to the controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad…
LAGOS JULY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Lagos State on Saturday warned Point of Sales (POS) operators against using their trade to promote extortion at police stations and other areas. The Command’s spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, gave the warning on his Twitter handle, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Mr Hundeyin, a superintendent of police,…
