LAGO NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has accused officials of the Nigeria Football Federation of preventing him from greeting members of the victorious Flamingos at an airport, allegedly because they feared losing their jobs. Obi said he was stopped from approaching the Nigeria Under-17 women’s team when he…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has issued a subpoena directing the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), to appear before it and produce electoral documents relating to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s 1999 Lagos State governorship election and the 2023 presidential election. The subpoena…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (EWSRANGERS)-Under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, government leaders from around the world today opened the International Telecommunication Union’s Plenipotentiary Conference 2026 (PP-26). Organized by ITU and hosted by the State of Qatar, represented…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine foreigners have been arrested in South Africa after they were caught allegedly trying to leave the country to fight in the war between Russia and the Ukraine, police say. The group, aged between 20 and 26, were arrested in and around Johannesburg by a multidisciplinary team on Sunday evening. They…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prosecutors in Paraguay have charged former president Santiago Peña over his alleged role in a banking scandal that led to his impeachment. He has been accused of breach of trust and administration for personal gain. Peña, who denies any wrongdoing, was forced from office after a bank collapse triggered a crisis that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command has detained an assistant superintendent of police, Omotayo Olajide, after a bullet from his firearm killed a girl and injured another during a police operation in Ajegunle. The incident occurred between 9.30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Thursday, 5 November, in the Nosamu area of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A capacity crowd at the Item Okpi cultural festival in Abia state repeatedly chanted “Obi! Obi! Kererenke, Obi” as Benjamin Kalu, deputy speaker of the house of representatives, canvassed support for President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 general election. The incident played out on Saturday, during the festival held in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A few weeks ago, Kylian Mbappe would have won his first Ballon d’Or had it not been for a flawless season from Harry Kane. The fact that Mbappe was unable to win any major trophies for either France or Real Madrid did not help his case either, as he finished second in…
