LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was detained by mutinying soldiers, security officials said, with troops leading the apparent coup saying his government failed to support them during the country’s years-long conflict with armed groups. The news reports on Monday came a day after soldiers staged mutinies at several army barracks,…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dutch police say they have found a stowaway alive in the wheel section of a plane that landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport from South Africa. Flights from Johannesburg to Amsterdam take about 11 hours, with the cargo plane believed to have made one stop, in Nairobi, Kenya. It is very unusual for…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businessman, identified simply as Uchechukwu, aka Alloy Omo Jesu, is on the run after allegedly torturing his 11-year-old apprentice to death in the Ogba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the apprentice, Sunday, was accused of stealing N1,000 when Uchechukwu, who was bent on making him confess to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles interim coach Augustine Eguavoen on Sunday said his team did not deserve to lose against Tunisia in their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 game. Nigeria crashed out of the AFCON on Sunday in Garoua, Cameroon after a 0-1 loss to Tunisia. The North Africans now advance to…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Augustine Eguavoen has stepped down as the interim coach of the Nigeria national team. This follows the Super Eagles’ 1-0 defeat to Tunisia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 clash on Sunday. Eguavoen had led the three-time champions to three straight wins against Egypt, Sudan and Guinea-Bissau. However,…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Contrary to speculations that the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala-Usman met with President Muhammadu Buhari on the recently concluded two-day visit to Kaduna, Pointblanknews.com authoritatively gathered that she was shunned by the President. It was further gathered that attempts to get President Muhammadu Buhari’s attention immediately…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the numerous but lingered legal battles against corrupt practices perpetuated by some persons in Nigeria, between some state actors and Human & Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA) with its attendant charges and counter- charges, a United States Senator, Patrick Joseph Leahy, has expressed concern over the charges filed by the Attorney General…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many Nigerians have expressed their anger at the former Governor of Anambra State and former Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, following his shopping experience at Toga Fashion House, Awka, which he shared on his Twitter page. Many Nigerians who thought that the fashion house was domiciled…
