LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A full autopsy of George Floyd, the handcuffed black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police, was released Wednesday and provides several clinical details, including that Floyd had previously tested positive for COVID-19. The 20-page report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s Office came with the family’s permission and…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa has pleaded guilty to defrauding the Spanish state of more than €1 million (£813,000/$1,127,000) after failing to declare payments of over €5m earned from his 2014 move to Chelsea. The striker was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday, but Spanish law states that non-violent crimes with…
No fewer than 315 patients have died of coronavirus-related complications in Nigeria, The PUNCH reports. This is as the country recorded 348 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, which made this known, noted that a total of 11,166 cases of COVID-19 has been recorded in the country. NCDC said,…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely 24 hours after the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos ordered his release, Senate Chief Whip, and former Abia State governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, has regained freedom after six months incarceration. He stepped out of Kuje Correctional Centre this evening after the completion of his release formalities. The court had…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil rose on Wednesday, with Brent at $40 for the first time since March, as optimism mounted that major producers will extend production cuts and recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will spur fuel demand. Brent crude futures for August rose 43 cents, or 1.1 per cent, at $40 a barrel, by 0252…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has asked the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, to recuse himself from the party’s governorship primaries in Edo State because he is an interested party. Obaseki made the call while speaking to newsmen after submitting his expression of interest and nomination…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu who is contending for the APC’s ticket for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, has refuted claims that he is quitting the race. He stated this on Wednesday, 3 June 2020 in a statement signed by his campaign organisation and signed by the Director of Communication and…
LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal high court in Abuja has dismissed charges of fraud brought against Abdullahi Inde Dikko, a former comptroller-general of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Ijeoma Ojukwu, the judge dismissed the charges following an application by the ICPC to withdraw the…
