LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 15 political parties deregistered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, under the aegis of Coalition for Good Governance, on Friday declared support for the presidential ambition of the candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi. The organisation said only Obi out of the candidates contesting for the 2023 Presidency can stop Nigeria…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sixteen-year-old girl identified as Sadiya Usman, reportedly hanged herself over alleged forced marriage in Garin Dauru village in Warawa Local Government Area, Kano State The State Police Spokesman SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa who confirmed the incident to Daily Post said, “police on 01/08/2022 at about 3:00 received a phone call from…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unidentified gunmen have reportedly killed a notorious thug popularly called Spanner alongside with his 7-year-old daughter, Fatia, in Osogbo, Osun state capital. The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at Oke-Ijetu, Ilesa-garage area, Osogbo. It was gathered that Spanner was killed some hours after his wife put to bed on Friday. Spanner was…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The executives and members of Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN), a vanguard body of all journalists covering the security beat nationwide, on Friday mourned Late Inspector General of Police (Rtd.), Tafa Balogun, whose sad demise occurred on Thursday, August 4, 2022, at Reddington Hospital, Lagos. The late IGP, who was Nigeria’s…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police forensics investigators have identified bodies of two persons murdered and buried in a shallow grave in northeastern Thailand as a Nigerian man and a Vietnamese woman. A wild mushroom harvester discovered their bodies in a forest at Chok Chai district in Nakhon Ratchasima on the evening of July 28, 2022. The man…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has secured a $1.5 billion loan from the US-EXIM Bank to boost solar power infrastructure in 10 different locations in the country. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SUN Africa LLC, USA, Adam Cortese, disclosed this yesterday while speaking with newsmen after a meeting of a delegation of the company with President…
By Dominic James LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has described election preparations, deployment and implementation as the most extensive mobilization that could happen in a country in either peacetime or wartime. Dwelling specifically on Nigeria, Prof. Yakubu averred that preparations for the 2023 General Election would…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months into the ban of commercial motorcycles popularly known as Okada in some parts of Lagos, the state government has stipulated three months jail term for erring operators and their passengers found plying restricted routes. This was disclosed by the Chairman, Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit (Taskforce), CSP…
