LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The farm of former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Chief Olu Falae, in Ilado, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, was on Sunday evening invaded by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The herdsmen reportedly invaded the farm around 5:30 pm and set it on fire. They were said to…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government says from next week, work will commence on establishing cattle colonies across the country. Audu Ogbeh, minister of agriculture and rural development, who disclosed this when he visited the agriculture and veterinary complex of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, made it clear that states which are not interested in…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the ‘Fresh PDP’ on Saturday willingly dissolved the recalcitrant group after a marathon meeting with some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Led by one Chief Olukayode Akindele, the group agreed to drop its decision to create a breakaway faction of the opposition party and pledged loyalty to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of the N13 billion recovered in a flat in Ikoyi, Lagos. The money- $43,449,947; £27,800; and N23,218,000 – was stashed away in iron cabinets and ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags in the apartment at Flat 7B, Osborne Towers, Ikoyi. The Economic…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyer and activist, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order an investigation of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Lawal K. Idris, and relieve him of his position over the detention of two online journalists and brothers, Messrs Daniel and Tim Elombah. Mr. Keyamo made the call in an…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Leicester Crown Court in the United Kingdom on Wednesday sentenced a Nigerian businessman to three years and six months imprisonment. The convict, Walter Wagbatsoma, 47, was imprisonment for money laundering. This was even as he was disqualified from being a company director for six years. The Lincolnshire police said Wagbatsoma fraudulently…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Family of Toheeb Olayiwola, who was allegedly killed by an official of the Nigeria Customs Service at Abule-Egba, Lagos state has raised the alarm that officials of Lagos State Task Force are demanding for the payment of the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty thousand Naira before the corpse of Olayiwola will…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Fulani man has been apprehended in Ogun State after stabbing his tribesman to death during an argument today. .According to an eyewitness report, the suspected killer, Abubakar, stabbed the deceased 3 times in the stomach and back in Ilishan Remo. Abubakar, still stained with the blood of the deceased, was however…