LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Formermilitary president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has weighed in on the controversial Hate Speech Bill, saying nobody can Muzzle Nigerians and deny them freedom of speech. General Babangida pointed out that there was even no basis for the bill which has passed the second reading in the Senate insisting that no one…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kaduna-bound train from Abuja on Wednesday broke down about 1000 meters to the Railway Station in Rigasa, Kaduna. DAILY POST learnt that passengers on board the train had to disembark with their luggage and walk to the station when it became obvious that the fault cannot be fixed immediately and it…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Anglican Church Knight, Sir Peter Uche, who led a 7-man robbery gang to invade an MTN mast and steal batteries, has been arrested in Ejigbo, Lagos. PM Express reports that Uche was arrested and his Toyota 4 Runner SUV was recovered with the batteries the gang had already stolen at about…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 polls, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated the award-winning author, Chimamanda Adichie, on her recent United Nations Foundations Global Leadership Award. Obi, who was among world leaders that converged at New York to celebrate the award, told airport correspondents at the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB) has approved the suspension of 3 officers and 6 other ranks of the Nigerian Correctional Service implicated in the alleged internet fraud by an inmate. Mr. Francis Enobore, the Public Relation Officer of NCoS disclosed this in a statement to NAN on…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Airways flight heading to Abuja from London on Tuesday returned to Heathrow Airport after the plane lost one of its engines mid-air. The airline confirmed that BA 083 flight returned to Heathrow and was met by the emergency services as a precaution measure after what it called “a minor technical…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 23-year-old Tanzanian woman suspected of stealing money from bank users after illegally obtaining their ATM cards has been arrested by the police. The suspect identified as Halima Juma was arrested on Tuesday November 16, after a bank teller got quite suspicious after she used different cards of the same bank to withdraw money from one…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-seven Nigerian men pleaded innocent on Wednesday to a charge of public displays of affection with members of the same sex, an offence that carries a 10-year jail term. Homosexuality is outlawed in many socially conservative African societies where some religious groups brand it a corrupting Western import. The Nigerian men, who…
