LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 100 akara sellers in Ayedire Local Government Area of Osun State have received cash support from Mr. Alli Ibraheem, Senior Legislative Aide to the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibril. The empowerment held at the Ayedire Local Government Secretariat in Ileogbo saw each beneficiary receive N10,000. Beneficiaries were drawn…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Monday declined to receive a special delegation from South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, over the ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, directing the visiting team to instead meet with the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sola Enikanolaiye. Multiple credible Presidency sources with knowledge of…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have abducted a staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along the Ebenebe axis of Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, while a businessman narrowly escaped a separate attack on the same road after sustaining a gunshot wound. Police sources told Zagazola Makama…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michigan officials have identified the parents found dead with their six children inside their burning home, a case being investigated as a murder-suicide. Six children and two adults were found dead inside a Grand Haven Township home Friday after officials responded to a house fire, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said. All…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Kidnappers holding Kebbi State High Court Judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, have demanded a N200 million ransom from his family for his release, as security operatives intensify efforts to rescue him. Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, Umar Muhammad Hadejia, disclosed the ransom demand while briefing journalists on Monday in Birnin Kebbi. He…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced fugitive drug kingpin, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, and former international footballer, Segun George Hunkarin, to a combined 24 years’ imprisonment for unlawfully importing 7.050 kilogrammes of cocaine into Nigeria. Chinedu was first arraigned in September 2015 on a one-count…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal has overturned the judgment of the Federal High Court that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties, including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), declaring the earlier decision null and void. The appellate court’s decision also affects the Accord Party, Action Alliance (AA), Action…
