LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that investing in the progress and development of society is the best and most fulfilling way to mark his birthday. Obi made this revelation when he took his 60th birthday celebration to Diocesan Hospital,…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 11 trucks belonging to Dangote Cement were set ablaze Tuesday after irate youth descended on vehicles parked outside the company’s factory in Ibese, Yewa North local government of Ogun State. Trouble started when commercial motorcyclists and transport unionists clashed over an alleged increase in riders’ tickets, from N600 to N800….
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi’s time at Barcelona appears to be over. Barcelona announced Thursday that Messi will not stay with the club, saying that the Spanish league’s financial regulations made it impossible to sign the Argentina star to a new contract. He is leaving after 17 successful seasons in which he propelled the Catalan…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Security forces killed at least 115 people in southeast Nigeria this year and arbitrarily arrested or tortured scores of others, in response to violence from separatists agitating for autonomy, Amnesty International said on Thursday. A Nigerian presidency spokesman declined to comment on the information set out in an Amnesty report. Police and…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Ladiean Akintola of Oyo High Court has granted an ex-parte motion restraining the Department of State Security (DSS) and Attorney General of the Federation from arresting, intimidating, harassing, and blocking bank accounts of Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho. The order was granted following an ex-parte motion moved by his lawyer…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who vanished six years ago and was thought to have died has reappeared and announced his intention to re-enter politics. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is still wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, said he intended to unify Libya at the head…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Yaba College of Technology has commiserated with the family of Tosin Osatuyi, a Civil Engineering HND 2)student, who died in a fight while celebrating his final examinations on July 28. Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar of the institution, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria. Ejiofor, who spoke…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspended deputy commissioner of police Abba Kyari on Tuesday appeared before the special investigation panel headed by the deputy inspector-general of police in-charge of the Force Criminal Investigations Department, Joseph Egbunike. The panel sat at the Force headquarters in Abuja and ended its session at 8 pm. According to a source,…
