LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Defending Africa Cup of Nations champions Cameroon will meet Nigeria in a clash of continental giants in the last 16 after Tuesday’s 0-0 draw with Benin allowed Ghana to finish top of Group F. Cameroon stuttered to a second goalless stalemate in succession as Ghana, who drew their opening two games, beat…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Wole Soyinka has lent his voice to the controversy surrounding the RUGA Cattle Settlements saying it could set the country on fire if the federal government did not handle it with caution. Speaking in Lagos on Tuesday at the launch of United Nations’ Solutions 17 SDG programme, Soyinka berated the federal…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A young Nigerian, Sampson Agarlor who kidnapped Canadian students in faraway Ghana has begged his victims for mercy and everyone he has hurt. Agarlor made a U-turn on Monday at the courtroom as reported by the Ghana News Agency. “I take this opportunity to apologise to the affected Canadian ladies and their…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Obafemi Hamzat on Tuesday urged residents to cooperate with road contractors and help monitor the continuation of the reconstruction of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Hamzat made the call at the flag-off ceremony of the continuation of the Reconstruction of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway at the International Trade Fair…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator representing Anambra Central Senatorial district, Uche Ekwunife has explained to the disappointment of Senators on Tuesday that, “the Presidential Villa’s CCTV has stopped working. In her contribution on Tuesday on the motion stating “the need to strengthen insecurity at the Nigeria Airports”, which was sponsored by Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two mobile police officers were on Monday shot dead in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. On Tuesday morning, the police announced the arrest of nine suspects connected to the murder. The mobile police are considered a specialised unit within the Nigerian Police Force and are believed to be better trained and equipped than…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The District Head of Daura and Father- in law to President Buhari’s ADC, Alhaji Musa Umar-Uba, who was kidnapped from his residence four months ago, has been rescued by security agents in Kano. Malam Tukur Umar, younger brother to the victim, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Daura on Tuesday that…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal has fixed July the 3rd, to deliver ruling on an application filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, seeking to set aside the proceedings of June 11th, 2019. Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Mohammed Garba said the ruling will determine the…
