LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians, especially the priests of God, to continue talking about all aspects of governance in the country. He warned that the danger in keeping quiet is that those in authority might be sufficiently shielded by their aides from knowing the true position…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chicago-based Nigerian pharmacist, Olasunkanmi Esho, has allegedly killed his Cameroonian wife, Bourk Esho, and their eight-year-old daughter, Olivia. Olasunkanmi, 42, who lived in Ilinois, Chicago, in the United States of America, was alleged to have also shot himself dead after the incident. It is not clear if the couple had any…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 3,665 senior police officers. The commission’s Head, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said that approval for the promotion was one of the high points of the commission’s 28th Plenary Meeting…
efcc LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja businessman, Mr Abdulhamid Zari, has alleged that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission operatives extorted N4m from him to release his passport. The passport, he claimed, was seized on the directive of the Head, Economic Governance in the Commission, Abubakar Madaki. Zari, who made the accusation while addressing journalists…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Photos of a Nigerian woman who lives in Texas has been circulating online as the woman who jumped into the lagoon beneath Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday. The woman, named Toyin, has now refuted the rumors by sharing recent photos of herself via her Instagram account. She captioned the photo: “Am alive,…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-five -year -old Achegbulu has been arrested for allegedly operating an illegal blood bank in his one-room ‘Face-Me-I- Face-You’ apartment in Bariga area of Lagos State. He was also alleged to be using under aged children as donors. Recovered from the suspect, were seven pints of blood and other medical instruments. The…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano today June 12, 2018 refused an application by a former governor of Kano State Malam Ibrahim Shekarau for the release of his international passport to enable him travel to Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj. Shekarau approached the court with a…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Gudu area of Abuja, has sentenced a former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye, to 14 years’ imprisonment over charges ranging from criminal breach of trust and misappropriation of over N1.16bn, the sum belonging to the state. Justice Adebukola Banjoko in over six hours judgement Tuesday convicted…