LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some soccer fans and journalists have expressed divergent opinions on Super Eagles’ 25-man provisional list for the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) just released by Coach Gernot Rohr. Preparation of the senior national team towards AFCON was hot-up when Rohr released the 25-man provisional list on Tuesday for camping in Asaba. The…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari says he has accepted the invitation of King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, the ruler of Saudi Arabia and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to perform the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) in the Kingdom. To this end, the President will be accompanied by close personal aides on the journey on Thursday,…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victoria, the daughter of a senior journalist in Nigeria, Senan Murray, has gone missing. Victoria, a 17-year-old student of Holy Child College, Ikoyi, Lagos State, was last seen as she left for school two weeks ago. She lives not too far from the school with her parents at Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos….
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The number of people with dementia worldwide is expected to triple in the next 30 years, according to the World Health Organisation. The organisation disclosed this in a statement announcing new guidelines to tackle the ailment, on its website on Tuesday. “We need to do everything we can to reduce our risk…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)–A Kano State high court Wednesday declared the appointment and the installation of four new emirs by the Kano State government as null and void. It ordered a return to status quo pending the hearing of the suit against the appointment of the emirs filed by one Rabiu Salihu Garwzo. Counsel to…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday restrained the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and other agencies involved in the probe of Senate President Bukola Saraki over corruption allegations. Saraki on Friday filed two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits before the court to challenge the decision of the EFCC to seize…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Lagos State Command intercepted a 20 foot truck MAN Diesel with Registration No. JJJ 959 XN laden with 150 bags of Cannabis Sativa with the street value worth N20 million naira weighing 2.139 tons concealed in fake compartment of the truck. Two…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Tuesday dissociated the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) from a document calling for the overthrow of the Muhammadu Buhari democratically-elected administration. Navy Capt. Muhammed Wabi, Deputy Director of Defence Information accused a group, “Nigerian Continuity and Progress (NCP)’’ as being behind the document. Wabi alleged that the…
