LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Algeria said Wednesday it has closed its airspace to all Moroccan planes due to “provocations and hostile practices” by its neighbour, in the latest dispute between the countries at odds mainly over Western Sahara. The move comes after Algeria broke off diplomatic ties with Morocco on August 24, accusing it of “hostile…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Davido’s official photographer Fortunate Umunname Peter aka Fortune is dead. He died three months after the hit maker’s close friend and associate, Habeeb Ademola Uthman aka as Obama DMW passed on. Davido had also lost his bodyguard of six years, Ogbeide Tijani Olamilekan (Teejay) in 2020. In 2017, Davido lost two friends…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)- Meet the man who is so obsessed with sueing. He was recently selected for an award by the Guinness World Record for having the biggest number of lawsuits in courts. He instead sued the Guinness World Record body too for involving him in their awards without his consent. There are many…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 76-year-old man, Adeniyi Adebisi Samuel, has been beheaded by some ritual killers in the Akanran area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Parading the suspected ritual killers at the Amotekun headquarters, Dandaru, Ibadan, on Tuesday, the Deputy Commandant of Amotekun in the state, Mr. Akinro Kazeem, said the suspects were arrested…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old man and father of a newborn baby, Benjamin Oyelade, has been killed by cows, which ran into him in Atapa area in the Surulere Local Government Area of Oyo State. SaharaReporters gathered that the deceased was enroute Atapa/Iresa Adu Road on Sunday evening when a suspected herdsman bumped into the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has seized about $6.1 million belonging to Nigeria after a hired arms supplier pleaded guilty to charges including illegal dealing in military-grade weapons and money laundering, court documents reviewed by Peoples Gazette said. Judge Erica Grosjean of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California ordered the…
By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that the National Water Resources Bill 2020 will soon be reintroduced at the National Assembly. If passed into law, communities and people living along water fronts in the country, particularly Niger Delta Region, Lagos State and other aquatic areas in the country will be…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, seeking an amendment to the recently signed Petroleum Industry Act, PIA. In the letter, President Buhari wants an amendment to the new Act to allow for the removal of the Ministers of Petroleum and Finance from the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,…
