LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the September 2018 governorship election in Osun, on Friday congratulated Governor Gboyega Oyetola on his victory at the Supreme Court. Adeleke, in a congratulatory message issued in Osogbo by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, said his ambition was never a do-or-die affair. NAN reports…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Lagos State Police Command says the use of commercial vehicles, popularly known as Danfo, for police operations is unacceptable as defaulters will be sanctioned. Bala Elkana, a Deputy Superintendent of Police and Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Business activities at Sangotedo Market, Eti Osa, Lagos State have been put on hold by the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), due to indiscriminate dumping of refuse and poor hygiene practices by traders, resulting in serious environmental problem in the area. The development was made known by LAWMA’s director of Public Affairs,…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former governor of Rio de Janeiro State in a court testimony on Thursday said that he paid $2 million to buy votes to ensure the city would be chosen to host the 2016 Olympic Games. Sergio Cabral told a judge the money went to Lamine Diack, the former President of the…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A suit has been filed against the Federal government over the introduction of Ruga Settlements Schemes in the 36 states of the country for the exclusive benefit of the Fulani ethnic group. In a suit with number FHC/ABJ/CS/761/2019 instituted by the board of the Incorporated Trustees of Malcolm Omirhobo Foundation, the Federal…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Chinese nationals working with a glass and aluminum company in Benin City, the Edo State capital, have been reportedly kidnapped by gunmen. It was gathered that a policeman attached to them was killed during the kidnap operation. It was further gathered that the victims were abducted, on Wednesday evening, at Utesi…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Arjen Robben has confirmed he has retired from football. The 35-year-old left Bayern Munich this summer after his contract expired and had been linked with a return to former clubs Groningen and PSV as well as a move to MLS. But the former winger has instead called time on a glittering career…
LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Tribunal on Thursday opened hearing in the petition filed by the PDP and it candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory with 883 exhibits from Niger State admitted so far. INEC led other respondents to object the admissibility of those electoral materials as exhibits. Justice Mohammed Garba has…
