LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has called on Islamic faithful in the country to use the holy period of Ramadan and offer special prayers for Nigeria, currently facing challenges at many fronts. Obi, in a statement released by his media…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundreds of residents of the northeast Nigerian town of Damasak were fleeing into neighbouring Niger on Wednesday trying to escape days of jihadist attacks, locals and a military source told AFP. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on Wednesday launched a renewed assault on a military base in the…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A U.K. High Court of Justice, Strand, London, (Queen’s Bench Division) Tuesday, April 13, granted a perpetual injunction restraining Maureen Badejo from publishing further defamatory words against or concerning Dr. Daniel Olukoya, his family and the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), Collins Edomaruse has said in a statement. According to…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have killed eight more northerners and injured six others in a fresh attack in Imo State last week. This is coming after attacks on the correctional centre and police station as well as the killings of innocent people by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). BBC Hausa reports that…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Managing Director of a Murtala Muhammed Airport-based firm, Star Orient Nigeria Limited, Dare Osamo, and two others have been arraigned at the Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos State for allegedly stealing N1 billion. The defendants, Osamo, Ayoola Olore Abisola and Hussaina Abdulkadir, were in the dock before Magistrate Mrs A. A. Oshiniyi…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of Lagos State Police Command have arrested five men for allegedly offering policemen N500,000 bribe. A press statement signed by Lagos State Police Public Relation Realtion Officer (PPRO) sighted by NewsRangers disclosed that Police operatives attached to Area E Command, Festac Lagos State, on 11th April, 2021, at about 3am, accosted…
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Nyanya in Abuja, has convicted internet fraudster, Farouk Olamilekan. The Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) arrested Olamilekan on January 29, 2021, in the Mpape area of Abuja. Operatives stormed the location after intelligence on his academy where young boys were trained on internet fraud….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A seasoned journalist, Chris Anucha, has been appointed the Daily Editor of Imo State-owned Newspaper, The Statesman. He replaces the Acting Editor, Peter Uwa. His appointment, which took effect from March 1, 2021, is part of the efforts by the management to rebrand and reposition The Statesman to compete favourably with other tabloids in the…
