LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sympathisers thronged Alade Close, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday after an early morning fire claimed the lives of a middle-aged businesswoman, her teenage maid and houseboy. The deceased lived in a two-bedroomed apartment on the top floor of a one-storeyed building on the close. PUNCH Metro learnt that the woman’s husband and their…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a UK visa applicant, Kolawole Viyon, to three years imprisonment for giving false information about his marital status. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission had arraigned Viyon for allegedly lying about his marital status. Justice Mojisola Dada, who gave the ruling,…
LAGOS APRIL 18H (NEWSRANGERS)-“The risk of physical harm when you’re working as a journalist is a lot like the risk of libel in some ways,” said journalist and author Susan McKay at the International Journalism Festival in Italy today (14 April). “Sometimes it’s obvious where it might come from, but it sometimes comes from very…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the last few years, drones, sensors and satellites have started to be seen less as gadgets and more as tools for investigative reporting that would be hard to do through traditional newsgathering due to the lack of available data or restricted access to remote areas. Newsrooms in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria…
LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Paul Biya’s lack of decision-making and direction is part and parcel of his political strategy, according to analysts. On the podium for the World’s Longest-Serving President, Paul Biya currently holds the silver medal. At an impressive 35-plus years in office, the Cameroonian leader’s ability to keep hold of power over the…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has said he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Okorocha stated this on Monday when he hosted some political stakeholders at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital They had visited him to endorse Uche Nwosu, his Chief of Staff and son-in-law, as the next Governor…
LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday met with former military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, famously known as IBB. The meeting between the leadership of the former ruling party and Babangida took place at the latter’s Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State. In a…
LAGOS ARIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senator representing Osun West Senatorial district, Sen. Ademola Adeleke has joined race for the Osun State governorship election. Adeleke, otherwise known as Otunba of Oke-Ila Orangun, made this known in a letter written to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday, through the National Chairman, Uche Secondus to notify them of…
