LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria. The suspect, identified as Ting Kiong, who naturalised in Malaysia, was arrested on Sunday, May 17, 2026, upon arrival at the…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, a leading opposition figure in Nigeria and the sole presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) for the upcoming 2027 elections, has articulated reasons why Africa ought to rise above poverty. During his visit to South Africa over the weekend, Obi addressed an international dialogue, emphasizing that Africa…
Nigeria has retained its position as the third-largest borrower from the International Development Association (IDA), the concessional lending arm of the World Bank, despite a slight decline in its debt exposure in the first quarter of 2026. According to the IDA’s March 2026 financial statements, Nigeria’s exposure stood at $18.5 billion as of March 31,…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the nation’s government after months of tensions between the two men. A shock decree, read out on TV by a presidential aide, said Faye had “ended the duties” of his one-time political ally Sonko and “consequently those of the…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, a leading opposition figure and the sole presidential candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) in the upcoming 2027 election, has taken steps to ease the tensions between South African officials and Nigerian expatriates residing in the country. Obi arrived in South Africa on Friday to participate in an…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) faces the prospect of widespread defections as discontent over internal democracy and aspirant disqualifications spread across its state chapters, with a September deadline now giving aggrieved members a legal window to switch platforms. The unrest follows a wave of disqualifications by APC screening panels ahead of the…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court judge in the Kano Division, Justice Mohammed Yunusa, has died after reportedly collapsing at his residence. He was said to have slumped in his living room on Thursday evening and was immediately rushed to a hospital, where doctors confirmed him dead. Sources within the Federal High Court in…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-30-year-old teacher and choir master, Nathaniel Baiyegun, has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for allegedly kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old student after collecting a ransom of N500,000 from her family. The deceased, said to be a West African Examination Council (WAEC) candidate, was allegedly lured to her death…