LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A new study has found that men who regularly smoke cannabis have an increased risk of developing testicular cancer. Research by a team of US-based scientists linked long-term use of the drug with higher rates of the disease – which is diagnosed in 2,400 in the UK each year. The finding were announced in this…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-It happens everywhere in Nigeria. And all the time.You reach the airport. And you have to use the toilet. You reach the toilet. And there are some young men loitering there. They welcome you with effusive greetings. The sort of greetings you know you may have to pay for in Nigeria. They …
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five policemen attached to the Akinpelu Police Division, have been detained for the murder of a 27-year-old fun-seeker, Maliki Mohammed, at a club on Balogun Street, Oshodi, Lagos. The cops are Inspectors Orubu Olusola, Apalowo Ola, Kasai Sule and Sergeants Momoh Ogwuche and Adoga Collins. Sunday PUNCH gathered that the police team…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Office in a joint operation with some of the Commission’s operatives from Abuja, in the early hours of Thursday, November 28th, stormed a building described as ‘YAHOO ACADEMY’, allegedly used solely for the training of youngsters in various aspects of cyber criminality. During…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Smart Adeyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the Kogi West senatorial district election. The Returning Officer of the election, Professor Olajide Lawal, announced on Saturday in Kogi State that Senator Adeyemi polled a total of 88,373 votes to defeat Senator Dino Melaye of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Odion Ighalo is looking to return to the Premier League in January with a number of clubs, including his former team Watford, keen to strike a deal, TEAMtalk can reveal. The 30-year-old left Vicarage Road in 2017 in a £20m move to Changchun Yatai, having disappointed the Hornets with his desire to…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A whistleblowing group, Eagle Eye Transparency International has dragged one ACP Elema of the IGP-Monitoring Unit to the Inspector General of Police over allegations of ‘abuse of office, protecting and shielding criminal elements in the society, outrightly favoring and using public office to protect criminal suspects’. Eagle Eye requested for discreet investigation…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A LASTMA official has lost his life in a most sad manner after being attacked by hoodlums popularly known as ‘area boys’ in Lagos. Ola Oyeshina, an official of the Lagos State Transport Management Authority has lost his life after being attacked by two hoodlums in the Apapa area of the state. Oyeshina…
