LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A squadron leader, Nurudeen Popoola of the Nigerian Air Force, who was kidnapped in December last year, has been released. DAILY POST gathered on Saturday that the Air force officer is currently receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital. Popoola was abducted along with his wife, Ganiyat Olawale-Popoola, and one of their…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Drake has lost a huge six-figure sum after betting on Anthony Joshua‘s heavyweight showdown clash against Francis Ngannou on Saturday evening. The rap star was hoping for an outrageous payday of over £1million after wagering on the bout in Saudi Arabia that was won by the British star in two rounds. Joshua…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández was found guilty Friday of drug trafficking by an American jury after a two-week trial in Manhattan federal court. Prosecutors had accused Hernández, 55, of conspiring with drug cartels during his tenure as they moved more than 400 tons of cocaine through Honduras toward the…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The holy fasting month of Ramadan begins early next week in Nigeria, with the worst economic crisis in a generation leaving many in Africa’s most populous Muslim country struggling to buy food. With food inflation at around 35 percent, worshippers taking part in Friday prayers at the central mosque in Lagos told…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300 students abducted from their school in Nigeria’s conflict-battered northwest. More than two days after her children — ages 7 to 18 — went to school in remote Kuriga town only to be herded away by…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has paused a controversial annual levy that would require businesses employing expatriates to pay $15,000 (£12,000) for a director and $10,000 (£8,000) for other workers. President Bola Tinubu imposed the tax over a week ago, but it was met with widespread condemnation. The Ministry of Interior said on X the levy…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has confirmed that he will be travelling to the United States of America Friday night to reunite with his family. This comes after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the release of his passport following the decision of the Nigerian government to withdraw its treasonable felony…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An outbreak of measles has been reported and confirmed in two schools located in Akpabuyo local government areas of Cross River State. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk confirmed the outbreak naming the two schools as Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both cited in the area….
