LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and its allies fired more than 100 missiles at Syria on Friday in a “one-time shot” the Pentagon said followed evidence that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was responsible for a chemical weapons attack using at least chlorine gas. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Marine General Joseph Dunford said…
LAGOS APRIL 13RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday turned down an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking to seize the funds in 15 bank accounts linked to former First Lady, Patience Jonathan. The funds, which the anti-graft agency sought to confiscate, included a total of $8,435,788.84 and over N7.35bn….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two policemen and an official of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) have been shot dead in Ciki Da Falo, a village in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state. A resident who confirmed the report on Thursday disclosed that 15 people, including two brides, were abducted, The Cable reports….
LAGOS APRIL 13RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Theresa May’s cabinet has agreed on the need to “take action” to deter use of chemical weapons following an emergency meeting at Downing Street. The prime minister summoned her senior ministers to No 10 to discuss joining the United States and France in possible military strikes against Syria after saying “all the…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As politicians start announcing their candidacies and parties begin devising their platforms ahead of Nigeria’s 2019 general elections, a few crucial details remain in the air. Due to a political tug of war in Abuja, it is still unclear when exactly voters will go to the ballot and in what order they…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cross River State governor, Prof Ben Ayade, Thursday, at the state executive chamber, Calabar, swore in three High Court judges with a charge on them not to pervert justice. The judges who took their oaths of allegiance and office in the presence of the Deputy governor Prof Ivara Esu, Chief Judge of…
Lagos April 13th (NEWSRANGERS)-Two brothers aged nine and seven, Olufemitan Olaitan and Oluwafifunmi Olaitan, have been discovered dead inside a deep freezer in their house at 6, Road 1, Eyin Ala, Akure in Ondo State. As at the time the brothers were found dead in the deep freezer, it was no longer functioning. Their mother,…
LAGOS APRL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nana Addo Akufo-Addo, president of Ghana, has suspended the deputy youth and sports minister, Pius Hadzie, with immediate effect over the Commonwealth athletes’ scam. A statement released on Thursday by Eugine Arhin, Director of Communication, said that also suspended is the acting director general of the National Sports Authority, Robert Mensah. The…
