LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-30-year-old teacher and choir master, Nathaniel Baiyegun, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old student after collecting a ransom of N500,000 from her family. The deceased, said to be a West African Examination Council (WAEC) candidate, was allegedly lured to her death…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected terrorists who abducted schoolchildren and teachers from three schools in Esinele, Yamota and Alawusa towns in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have opened communication channels with the state government, Saturday PUNCH can report. Two highly credible sources told our correspondents that the hoodlums refused to speak directly with…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The US has announced a new policy that means most immigrants seeking a green card will have to leave the country and apply at an embassy or consulate abroad. US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday that people seeking a change in status must do so through consular processing outside…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-How do you expect them to like someone that wants to come and reduce their rascality and block the source of their ill-gotten wealth? How do you expect them to like someone that will stop the sharing and distribution of bags of money? How do you expect them to like someone…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China’s Shanxi province has jumped to 90 and nine people are missing, state media organisation Xinhua reports. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan County, while 247 workers were on duty…
By Steve Osuji LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-This column has determined that any leader who cannot reverse Nigeria’s drift in four years may never be able to do so in 40 years. Peter Obi, the frontliner of the National Democratic Party, NDC, has vowed repeatedly that all he needs is just a term of four years…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Zekeri Umoru, one of the suspected coup plotters, on Wednesday said discussions were held on switching off the electricity supply to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to aid the alleged coup targeted at President Bola Tinubu and other top government officials. Mr Umoru, a Julius Berger Nigeria Plc employee in the Maintenance…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices abruptly reversed course Thursday afternoon, turning from gains to losses on news that the US and Iran may be only hours away from announcing terms for peace negotiations. Futures on Brent crude (BZ=F), the international benchmark, fell 2.6% to trade around $102.30 per barrel after gaining as much as…