LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Committee of AFRIMA (All Africa Music Awards) celebrates the life of an African music icon and activist, Hugh Masekela as he passed on peacefully at his country home, Johannesburg, South Africa after a protracted battle with prostate cancer on January 23, 2018 at the aged 78. Masekela was nominated for…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria beat Equatorial Guinea 3-1 in Agadir to top African Nations Championship Group C and advance to the quarter finals alongside Libya, who struck in second-half stoppage time to take Rwanda’s place in the final eight. Salisu Yusuf’s side top the group on seven points after second-half goals from Anthony Okpotu, Dayo…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election next year, saying he has failed in his management of Africa’s most populous country. “I only appeal to brother Buhari to consider a deserved rest at this point in time,” Obasanjo said on Tuesday in an emailed statement. “President…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sixteen Nigerian states have agreed to the establishment of cattle colonies proposed by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh as a solution to the incessant herdsmen crisis. It was gathered that some 16 states, all in the North, have volunteered land for the establishment of cattle colonies in…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles captain Mikel Obi may stage a return to Europe after reports suggested to Turkish giants Fenerbahce were keen sign him before the close of this January transfer window. The 30-year-old moved to Chinese side Tianjin TEDA exactly one year ago after spending more than a decade at the English Premier…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)The plot to possibly prevent President Muhamnadu Buhari from having an automatic ticket to contest the 2019 presidential election appears to be thickening by the day, as some prominent political figures of northern extraction have thrown their weights behind the South- West Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which recently demanded…
LAGOS JANURY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Head of Investigation at the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Wale Odu, yesterday narrated before Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court in Lagos how two Customs officers, Mahmud Hassan and Salisu Abdullahi Danjuma, conspired with four others to illegally import 661 pump-action rifles into the country last year…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has inaugurated a mobile police unit, the Squadron 63 Mobile Police Base Igbogbo Baiyeku, Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The Squadron 63 Police Mobile Force (PMF), headed by a superintendent of police, was equiped with anti-riot policemen to curb killings in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The…
