LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-About 100 commercial motorcyclists, popularly known as ‘Okada riders’ were arraigned before a Yaba Chief magistrates’ Court on Monday for attempted murder of operatives of Lagos taskforce and police during a raid in Festac area of the state on 7 December. The suspect were also accused of setting vehicles belonging to the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 74 people are dead and more than 100 still missing in Kentucky alone after tornadoes ravaged the area, shaken Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. The governor fought back tears at a morning press conference as he talked about the youngest victims — at least seven under the age of 18, including several…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Transparency Nigeria Group has asked the Federal Government of Nigeria and all the relevant security agencies to immediately launch an investigation into business practices of Mafab Communications Limited, one of the companies that was announced as a successful bidder for one of Nigeria’s 3.5 GHz licences. The Group in a statement…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish giants Real Madrid are plotting an ambitious move for Manchester United star Cristiano Ronaldo, in a bid to take him back to the Bernabeu. That is according to a report by Football Insider who claim that the Spanish heavyweights believe the arrival of Ralf Rangnick at Old Trafford could spell the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people on Monday were found dead in a hotel in Elele Alimini in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. Some other people were also found unconscious in the same hotel after inhaling smoke from a generating set. DAILY POST gathered that the generator was left inside the hotel overnight by…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former board member of the Nigeria Squash Federation (NSF), Gad Sambo Yuyu, is dead. Gad Yuyu, a coach and board member of the Bauchi State Squash Association, passed on on Sunday evening. A relative, Yuyu Sambo Nehemiah announced his brother’s exit via social networking service, Facebook, on Monday. “My brother, we…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom has recorded its death related to the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, disclosed this on Monday while on a visit to a vaccination clinic in west London, the BBC reports. Johnson is said to have advised British residents to put aside the idea…
LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has regained the top spot among crude oil producing countries in Africa with the nation’s crude oil production averaging 1.27 million barrels per day in November. The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) made this known in its Oil Market Report for December which was obtained by the News Agency…
