LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A teenager simply identified as Kofo was reportedly killed this morning at Idi Oro area of Queens Cinema in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. The incident occurred barely two hours after the commencement of the state local government election. The girl was said to have gone to a pharmaceutical shop to buy…
LAGOS MAY 13T (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Saturday won the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship primary election for the July 14 election in Ekiti. In the declared result of the exercise, Fayemi polled 941 votes to defeat 31 other aspirants, including a former governor of the state, Chief Segun…
LAGOS MAY 12 (NEWSRANGERS)-An Australian grandmother on Thursday lamented the $480,000 (N173m), she lost to three different online scammers, who happen to be Africans. The grandmother identified as Suzie admits to being ‘gullible’ and ‘brainwashed’ in the past – having sold her home and parted with close to half a million dollars in order to…
LAGOS MAY 12H (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Friday, his office said, after a three-day absence on medical grounds. “President @MBuhari is back in Abuja. He arrived this evening from London,” the presidency wrote on its Twitter account. The 75-year-old former military ruler, who last year spent some five months receiving treatment in…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The party secretariat of Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was Friday evening set on fire by hoodlums. It was gathered that the fire only affected the internal parts of the secretariat building, which is located at the Imo State University junction in Owerri. Secretarial equipment, including files and…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday morning raided Club 57 in Ikoyi Lagos. This was revealed via a twitter post on the commission’s verified account. The anti-graft body confirmed the arrest of twelve suspected internet fraudsters and the recovery of 10 cars. The statement reads: “Operatives of…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern Christian Elders Forum (NOCEF) said it had received with shock the death of one of its strong pillars and General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Musa Asake. The group which said it is very difficult to use one word or expression to describe Asake, stated that Asake…
LAGOS MAY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight schools in Nigeria have been awarded the British Council’s prestigious International School Award in recognition of their work to bringing the world into the classroom. The International School Award is a badge of honour for schools that showcase outstanding work in international education, such as through links with partner schools overseas….
