LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The trial of 14 men, including the former president, accused in the assassination of Burkina Faso’s left-wing leader Thomas Sankara 34 years ago, resumed at a military court in Ouagadougou on Monday. The slaying of Sankara, a pan-Africanist icon, has for years cast a shadow over the impoverished Sahel state, fuelling its…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sports Minister, Sunday Dare, has dragged former world cruiserweight boxing champion, Bash Alli, over alleged defamation of character and disruptive comments. At the weekend, Alli released a video wherein he accused the minister of extorting ‘millions of naira’ from him as part of the process to organise a world boxing title fight…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will, Monday October 25, 2021, depart for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to participate in the investment conference organized by the Future Investment Initiative Institute. According to a statement by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity) the President will be joined at the 5th edition of…
World Bank Blacklists 18 Nigerian Companies, Individuals For Corruption –Report LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has blacklisted 18 Nigerian individuals and firms for engaging in corrupt practices, fraud and collusive practices in its 2021 fiscal year 2021, a new report has revealed. A list of debarred individuals and firms was presented in a new…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christian Association of Nigeria (Youth Wing) has expressed worry over the serial killings in the country, saying the nation is “sliding into anarchy.” The organisation was reacting to the recent killing of over three traditional rulers in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, bomb attack on Abuja-Kaduna rail track and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, in connection with the ongoing probe of a former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah. Anyim, it was learnt, was grilled on Sunday for several hours in connection with the fund which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Operation Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the weekend revealed that two import containers cleared from APM Terminals to a bonded terminal in Lagos are currently missing and their whereabouts unknown. Addressing selected journalists in Lagos at the weekend, acting Customs Area Comptroller of the Federal…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Liverpool inflicted a historic hammering on Manchester United as Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick in a 5-0 win at Old Trafford on Sunday, leaving Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clinging to his job. For the first time in Premier League history, United trailed 4-0 at half-time and failed to score in a hopelessly one-sided…
