LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Spanish judge on Tuesday approved a trial for Colombian pop singer Shakira on charges of tax fraud. Spanish prosecutors accused the entertainer in 2018 of failing to pay 14.5 million euros ($13.9 million) in taxes on income earned between 2012 and 2014. Prosecutors are seeking an eight-year prison sentence and a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When Beyonce’s “Move” comes on from “Renaissance,” it is a musical indicator that things are about to turn up. The proverbial meaning of the song suggests that those who are making marks on this world need space to thrive and live out loud as their authentic selves. Well, French soccer player Kylian…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Kenyan lawyer charged at the International Criminal Court with bribing witnesses in the collapsed trial of President William Ruto six years ago has died, Kenyan media reported on Tuesday. Citizen Television and Standard Newspapers reported that Paul Gicheru had been found dead at his home in Nairobi’s Karen area, citing information…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With Nigeria’s economy struggling and insecurity rife, four top presidential candidates start campaigning this week for next February’s election in an open race to replace President Muhammadu Buhari. Less than five months before the ballot, no clear frontrunner has emerged with major candidates all confronting challenges on their path to the top…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has chided elder statesman Pa Ayo Adebanjo over the claims that pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation Afenifere has endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi. The former Lagos governor maintained that Adebanjo has turned Afenifere into his personal estate…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the aerial bombardment of his residence by military fighter jets, the notorious Zamfara bandits’ kingpin, Bello Turji, has expressed his dismay and betrayal over the action of the Nigerian government. PRNigeria gathered that the banditry warlord accused the government of breaking the peace pact they had with him in stopping banditry,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos police command says it has intercepted two commercial buses loaded with live cartridges at Poromope estate, Ijede road, Ikorodu. The police said three suspects were arrested in connection with the discovery of the live cartridges. The suspects are Tukur Abdullah, Muazu Telim and Dahiru Idris. Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chimaroke Nnamani, has been listed as a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council. In a document released on Friday and obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Nnamani is the 350th on the list of the 422-man council. The document was signed…
