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)-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…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has refuted the crux of the controversies surrounding the ongoing amendment of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) (Establishment) Act, clarifying that the bill does not outlaw street preaching or introduce a new prohibition on hawking. This followed public concerns over a provision in the proposed amendment relating to preaching…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three persons have reportedly died after a three-storey student hostel collapsed in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, with emergency responders continuing frantic efforts to rescue others feared trapped beneath the rubble. Sources told SaharaReporters on Monday that three bodies were recovered from the debris during ongoing…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A temporary hiatus to hostilities between the U.S. and Iran appeared to hold on Monday, but Iran denied media reports that it had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. The U.S. military brought a halt to two weeks of strikes on Friday as diplomats sought to give peace talks “some space.” Iran, which has also refrained…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The numbers are staggering. More than 23 million people from around 170 countries signed an online petition demanding that FIFA permanently ban Argentina from future FIFA World Cups. The organizers were looking for just five million signatories, but ended up with a deluge of outraged soccer fans who’d rather never see…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Colombian superstar, Shakira has revealed why she chose to collaborate with Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy on the 2026 FIFA World Cup song, ‘Dai Dai.’ Featuring in a recent episode of the Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill, Shakira explained that she needed a masculine vocal on the song and Burna Boy’s…