LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos-based lawyer, Blessing Ahmed, of Blue Diamond Law firm, has called on the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, to as a matter of urgency urge his operatives to firm up investigations and charge to court a matter relating to money diversion and fraud to check the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 20 villagers have been killed when a motorcycle was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Boko Haram terrorists in Yobe State on Tuesday evening. The bomb went off at about 6:30pm in Goni Mittiri village under Gumsa town in Gaidam local government area of the State, eyewitnesses…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The second person to ever receive a transplanted pig heart has died. Lawrence Faucette, 58, got the transplant just six weeks earlier at the University of Maryland Medical Center in an experimental procedure. Unfortunately, the heart had been showing signs of rejection in the days before his death, CNN reported. Dr. Bartley…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-After a protracted three-year legal battle, an Accra court has delivered a verdict today affirming Asamoah Gyan’s paternity of the three children born to Gifty Gyan. The court has decreed that Asamoah Gyan is obligated to provide financial support to Gifty Gyan in the form of a monthly stipend of 25,000 Ghana…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1TS (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pushed back on activists demanding a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saying such an agreement would be a “gift” for the terrorist government. The former presidential candidate made the remarks during the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy’s 30th anniversary event on Thursday. “People…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen has made history to finish in eighth place in the 2023 Ballon d’Or rankings. The striker beat the likes of Mohamed Salah, Robert Lewandowski, 2018 winner Luka Modric, 2021 winner Karim Benzema and treble-winning captain Ilkay Gündogan. This finish places him in African history alongside President George Weah, Nwankwo Kanu,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-This list reads 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2019, 2021, and now 2023. Lionel Messi won the men’s Ballon d’Or for a record-extending eighth time on Monday after fulfilling his life’s ambition by leading his country to the World Cup title in Qatar last year. Adding to his silverware the one major…
By Yushau Shuaib LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-“Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your Captain speaking. We regret to announce that because of a technical problem, we have to return to Paris for safety and security.”_ That was the announcement made by the Captain of the Abuja-bound Air France flight on Monday, October 23, 2023, that had…
