LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested Nigerian socialite Cubana Chief Priest on charges bordering on money laundering and tax fraud, officials familiar with the matter said. Pascal Okechukwu, his real name, was arrested at the Lagos airport on Thursday, but anti-graft officials hushed the development amidst pressure from his associates…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Frontline Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant for the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has felicitated with Nigerian Muslims on the successful commencement of this year’s Ramadan fasting. Obi in a statement on Saturday by his Media Office described the Holy Month of Ramadan as one that is usually eagerly anticipated by…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, on Saturday stated that a phone call saved him from boarding the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train that was attacked by bandits on Monday. The attack left some of the passengers dead, others injured and the assailants abducting some of the stranded passengers. Speaking when Igbo…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Doctors in India were stunned after a baby was born with two heads, two hearts, and three arms. Twins born with two heads, but sharing one body, are known as dicephalic parapagus twins – an extremely unusual form of conjoining that occurs once in a million births. The mother -Shaheen Khan and her husband…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Chelsea slumped to a first defeat to Brentford since 1939 as Christian Eriksen inspired the Bees to a 4-1 win that should seal their Premier League survival. The European champions had gone in front early in the second half at Stamford Bridge through Antonio Rudiger’s sensational long-range strike, but they collapsed to…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A political pressure group, Like Minds for Peter Obi, delivered presidential nomination form of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the aspirant in Onitsha, Anambra, on Friday. The group bought the form for N40 million at the party’s Abuja secretariat on Thursday and delivered same to Obi at his Niger Drive…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Lawyer and Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr)- Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo has reiterated that it is criminal to parents to apply bleaching cream on children. Omirhobo who made the statement in a press release made available to NewsRangers that parents who indulged in such act should stop it immediately because it is…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr, has urged the sports ministry to probe the Nigerian Football Federation for Super Eagles’ inability to qualify for the Qatar 2022 World Cup, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. The Eagles were eliminated on the away goals rule following a 1-1 draw with Ghana in Abuja in the…
