LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23 presidential election, Peter Obi, has commended Nigerians for their commitment to PDP and to democracy. Obi said this in a statement issued by his Media Office in Abuja while reacting to the Wednesday Supreme Court Judgment which affirmed the election of President…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, has faulted Edward Ijah, the sidekick of popular musician, Davido, for handcuffing and parading the two women who accused Davido of impregnating one of them. Davido’s hype man, known as Special Spesh, had posted a video on Instagram showing the two women, Helen…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An activists and Lagos-based lawyer, Malcolm Omirhobo, on Wednesday prayed a Lagos Division of the Federal High Court to halt operation ”Crocodile Smile 4” of the Nigerian military in the state. The lawyer filed the suit marked FHC/L/CS/1951/2019 under the provisions of the Fundamental Rights Enforcement Procedure Rules 2009. The applicant is…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In a major seizure, police in Goa, western India on Tuesday arrested a Nigerian Ifeanyi Pascal Obi, a.k.a Alex and confiscated drugs worth about Rs 3 crore(about $400,000) from him, local media reported on Wednesday. Tuesday’s haul was a massive one considering that the value of the seized drugs was the same…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Peter Obi, has described the judgement of the Supreme Court as about the future of the country. The apex court on Wednesday dismissed the appeal filed by PDP and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, challenging the election of President…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by the main opposition candidate to overturn the result of February’s presidential election in which Muhammadu Buhari was returned to office. Atiku Abubakar lodged his initial complaint with the country’s election tribunal, which ruled against him last month. Tuesday’s decision is likely to end…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirty angry strippers marched to a police station in Thailand’s Pattaya on Tueday to complain that they had not been paid for the last two weeks. The women from the Walking Street strip of clubs in Thailand’s ‘Sin City’ of Pattaya – dubbed the sex capital of the world – were furious…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS-Ziniaré (Burkina Faso) (AFP) – Five years after the people of Burkina Faso rose up against Blaise Compaore, chasing him out of the nation he ruled with an iron fist for 27 years, dire living conditions are prompting nostalgia for the old days. “Before, there were projects, work, businesses,” said Maurice Iboudo,…
