LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Foremost Nigerian youth leader and aviation expert, Comrade Isaac Balami, has dumped the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Labour Party (LP). Balami, who played a prominent role in the emergence of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 when he mobilized northern youths across the region, disclosed this on Tuesday in a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yahaya Bello, the governor of Kogi state, has ordered the immediate closure of a church carrying out illegal and unlicensed medical activities. According to the report, the church engages in the selling of “bulletproof water” and other absurd medical practices that does align with the norm of the profession. The church named…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos state Police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has recently shared the story of an unidentified man who was almost lynched by a mob in Lagos state after he took his son’s dead body to a bus terminal to transport him to the village for burial. According…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent Investigative Panel on human rights violations by the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, and other Units of the Nigeria Police Force, has found 72 police officers culpable, even as it okayed 28 of them for prosecution. While the panel, which was led by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 72 police officers and men have been indicted by the Independent Investigation Panel on Human Rights Violations committed by the disbanded Special Armed Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police Force. At the same time, the Panel has recommended the payment of N438.88 million to the victims of police brutality….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States district court has sentenced Abidemi Rufai, a suspended aide of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State, to five years’ imprisonment for fraud. The District Court in Western Tacoma in Washington jailed Mr Rufai on Monday for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. With the stolen identities, he attempted to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A video has captured the moment two members of Mali’s basketball team exchanged blows on Monday, September 26, following their latest loss in the women’s World Cup. The fight took place in the postgame media area after the team was defeated 81-68 by Serbia. FIBA, the international basketball governing body, has opened…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, have been warned against causing division among Christians with money. The warning was made in a statement issued by the Northern States Christian Elders Forum, signed by its chairman, Oyinehi Inalegwu, on Tuesday. “We warn APC to stop using monetary incentives…
