LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-A former Congolese rebel leader has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fighters loyal to Bosco Ntaganda carried out gruesome massacres of civilians, said judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda, nicknamed “Terminator”, was convicted on 18 counts including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers….
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A South African man who won the chance to be the first black African in space has died in a motorbike crash before turning his dream into reality, his family announced on Sunday. Mandla Maseko, a part-time DJ, and candidate officer with the South African Air Force, was nicknamed “Afronaut” after landing…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election, Mr Adejuyitan Olalekan, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, on Monday, that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll. Olalekan took the witness stand as the petitioners’ third witness at the instance of the Peoples…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, called Buba Galadima, as their first witness in proving their petition challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 poll. Galadima, a spokesperson for the Atiku Campaign Organisation and former ally of Buhari, was reportedly arrested by the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury has announced his rematch with Deontay Wilder will take place on February 22. WBC heavyweight champion Wilder confirmed in June “contracts have been signed” for a repeat of their enthralling battle from last December, which ended in a controversial split-decision draw. ‘The Bronze Bomber’ intends to take on Luis Ortiz…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver, Ademola Quadri, has been arrested by the police after he raised a false alarm over the stealing of a car gave given to him to use for Uber. According to the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Quadri, of 24, Oloko Street, off College Road, Ogba, Lagos raised the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abba Kyari, is a DCP of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Formerly serving at the Lagos State Police Command, in the capacity of the Officer-In-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for 5yrs, an outfit reputed for combating violent crimes ranging from armed robbery, car theft, kidnapping , gang clashes, sea piracy…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nineteen-year-old Mariya Suleiman has been arrested for stabbing her elder brother to death at Badawa area in Nasarawa LGA of Kano state after a heated argument. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations’ Officer (PPRO) of the Kano State Police command disclosed in a statement on Sunday that Mariya allegedly stabbed her…
