LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An SS3 student was shot dead during a clash between security operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) and suspected rice smugglers at Irosu village near Badagry on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Alade Oba (18), was hit by stray bullet and died on the spot during…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Emokiniovo Omirhobo . LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I refer to the circulars dated the 16th day of March 2021 and the 5th day of May 2021 issued by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria on the transfer of Federal High Court judges and state categorically that the transfer …
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen aboard a number of vehicles staged attacks in several neighborhoods in the Mexican border city of Reynosa on Saturday, and at least 15 people died in clashes that caused widespread panic, according to local law enforcement. The Tamaulipas state agency coordinating security forces said in a statement that the attacks began…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line conservative judge under U.S. sanctions, easily won Iran’s presidential election on Saturday amid record-low voter turnout. With about 90 percent of the votes counted, Raisi had received 17.8 million of the 28.6 million ballots cast. Raisi’s political rivals, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei and moderate Abdolnasser Hemmati…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The results of Iran’s presidential election show the world must act to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said at the opening of his government’s first Sunday cabinet meeting. Ebrahim Raisi, a judge responsible for tens of thousands of executions and who is under US sanctions for human-rights abuses,…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A serving officer of a law enforcement agency, Popoola Abayomi has been arrested for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. The drug dealer who serves in the Lagos state Command of the security agency was arrested on Wednesday 15th June, 2021 after days…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As double-digit inflation persists in the country, Nigerians, especially the middle class, have called for immediate remedies, lamenting that indeed, the situation has rendered them poorer as indicated by the latest World Bank Nigeria Development Update report. The report, which was made public last Tuesday, had revealed that rising inflation pushed an…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a quick turnaround for federal employers to recognize Juneteenth as a new federal holiday. But some cities were ready with new statues honoring George Floyd, whose killing by police in Minneapolis last year sparked a nationwide racial justice movement. In New York City, Terrence Floyd, George Floyd’s brother, unveiled a…
