LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was chaos and panic on Tuesday afternoon at the Alake Sports Complex in Ijeja, Abeokuta, one of the major venues of the ongoing 2024 National Sports Festival, as a fire outbreak sent athletes and spectators scrambling for safety. Eyewitnesses reveal that the fire incident occurred when a diesel truck supplying fuel…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabian authorities have reportedly arrested two women believed to be the wife and mother of Ado Aliero, one of Nigeria’s most wanted bandit kingpins. The women were apprehended in Medina, where they had allegedly been living under false identities. Sources familiar with the operation said the arrests were the result of…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has sealed off DONALD Restaurant, owned by popular nightlife entrepreneur, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, for environmental violations. The restaurant, located in the Lekki area of Lagos, was shut down after two of its staff were caught dumping refuse by the roadside. The Managing Director/Chief…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several media platforms have gone to town with the news of the Supreme Court ruling on a dispute between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited with some of them questioning the ability of Fidelity Bank (the judgement debtor) to make the payment. As the matter is still before the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH(NEWSRNAGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to growing speculation that he might run as a vice-presidential candidate alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking at a public event in Kubwa, Abuja—where he donated to a school and hospital project managed by the Anglican…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fierce Nigerian political rivals Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu were seen laughing and joking at Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass in Rome. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress defeated Obi of the Labour Party in the heated and tightly contested 2023 presidential election – a victory Obi challenged at the Supreme…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be members of the Lakurawa bandit group have attacked a church in Zagani village, Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, on Sunday, abducting an undisclosed number of female worshippers during the service. The Chairman of Danko-Wasagu LGA, Hussaini Aliyu Bena, told Channels Television that the gunmen stormed the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Five people were killed on Saturday when two helicopters collided and crashed in a wooded area near Eura Airport in southwestern Finland, police said. Police said the mid-air collision occurred shortly after noon near the town of Kauttua, with the wreckage falling some 700 metres (yards) from the Ohikulkutie road. “Five people…
