LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The children of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have received multimillion-dollar homes and are being paid thousands of dollars per month by the kingdom’s authorities, the Washington Post has reported. Khashoggi – a contributor to the Post and a critic of the Saudi government – was killed and dismembered in October at the…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGES)-A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kebbi state, has lost his life following a fire outbreak on Sunday, March 31st, in Birnin Kebbi. The deceased identified as Alhaji Faruku Umar Dan tabuzuwa and his wife Hajiya Nasara Faruku, the executive secretary primary school pension Board, were burnt to death in…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zuzana Caputova has been elected as the first female president in Slovakia in the last week elections. The 45-year old newcomer to politics, defeated high-profile diplomat Maros Sefcovic in a run-off vote held on Saturday. She won 58 per cent of the vote with Mr Sefcovic on 42 per cent, with the…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five Nigerians, have been arrested for allegedly robbing a bureau de change in Sharjah of Dh2.3 million, the police said on Sunday. According to khaleejtimes.com the men barged into the exchange and smashed the glass barrier between the customers and the staff, stole the money in multiple currencies and fled. Two employees…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officers suspected to be involved in the shooting of Kolade Johnson, a young man who died from a stray bullet in Lagos, have been arrested. Johnson was shot in Onipetesi area of Lagos on Sunday, when a team of policemen from the Anti-Cultism Unit visited the area. According to a statement by…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Monday, April 1 for Dakar, Senegal to attend the inauguration of Senegalese President, Macky Sall, following his re-election for a second term. This was confirmed by Femi Adesina, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, where he said the President’s trip followed an invitation…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted Adolphus Wabara, former senate president, and two others, of allegations of receiving bribe for budget approval leveled against them by the federal government, 14 years after the suit was filed. The two other defendants who were set free by the court are Ibrahim…
LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Senior Secondary Student and the Head Prefect of Ijo Mimo High School in Akure, Ondo State, Temitayo Oluwole, died at the weekend after falling from a mango tree within the school compound. Oluwole was reported to have attended a tutorial class organised by the school for Senior Students on Saturday when…
