LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday, October 6, 2023 continued the trial of one Wilson Daphey (a.ka.a Jefrey Guiseppe) before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on nine -count charges bordering on obtaining money under false pretence and money laundering. Daphey allegedly manipulated…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos High Court has sentenced a police officer, Darambi Vandi, to death by hanging for shooting dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on the last Christmas Day. Justice Harrison sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square annex division of the Lagos state High Court said his defence…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director of Researcher and Strategy of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 presidential polls, Dr Don Pedro Obaseki, has claimed that Nobel Prize winner Prof. Wole Soyinka attended the University of Ibadan (UI) but cannot present the institution’s diploma due to him being “rusticated” and not completing his program….
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Days after announcing the reduction of the ex-factory price of cement, BUA Group has silently increased prices of foods, particularly a bag of sugar, a bag of flour, and a carton of spaghetti, an investigation has revealed. The management of one of the giant cement coy in the country had on October…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wave of water from a burst dam has killed at least 23 people in Cameroon’s capital Yaounde following heavy rains, the army’s rescue unit says. A colonial-era dam gave way on Sunday afternoon, releasing water from a small lake, said Assola Joseph, a local leader in the Mbankolo neighbourhood. Residents and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As efforts to resolve the Niger crisis continue, overtures by the head of the military junta in that West African country, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, to have direct access and discussion with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been outrightly rejected by the Nigerian leader, Empowered Newswire reports. According to diplomatic sources, consenting to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said the military has taken into custody Muhammad Abu Ghali, deputy commander of the Palestinian terrorist movement Hamas’ Southern Naval Division. Abu Ghali was captured by the Shayetet 13 unit, a special forces unit of the Israeli navy. It was not specified under what circumstances it…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Minister of Sports and Youth, Solomon Dalung, has accused President Bola Tinubu of falling prey to fuel subsidy criminals. Dalung said this in a recent interview with Trust Radio, while giving a review of the current administration. “He goofed full-time by playing into the hands of subsidy racketeers, by making the…
