LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four stowaways have been rescued off the southeast coast of Brazil after spending 13 days at sea hidden in the hull of a ship from Nigeria. According to federal police, the men rescued claimed to be Nigerians but did not carry any documents confirming their origin. A police official told AFP the…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old man identified simply as David, who is said to be under the influence of hard drugs, has allegedly stabbed a cleric, Akeem Ojiwusi, to death around Odekeye close, in the Abule Egba area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that David was fond of committing different crimes whenever he got…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja high court in Lagos has sentenced Jeffrey Ehizojie, a hotel staffer, to death by hanging for killing Olusola Olusoga, his employer, and Tunji Omikunle, the hotel manager. Oyindamola Ogala, presiding judge, on Tuesday, said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 64-year-old man has been arrested in southern Russia for the shooting death of a former submarine commander who is alleged by some in Ukraine to have killed more than 20 civilians in a long-range missile strike last year. Sergei Denisenko was detained on suspicion of shooting former 2nd Capt. Stanislav Rzhitsky,…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr Julius Abure on Monday said he got information that the All Progressives Congress was already preparing for a possible re-run of the 2023 presidential election urging members of the party to be alert. Abure said this during an online meeting held with Nigerian-American Coalition…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian submarine commander blamed for atrocities in Ukraine was gunned down on his morning jog in Krasnodar—and his killer likely knew just where to find him thanks to his habit of posting his running routes on a popular exercise app. Stanislav Rzhitsky, a commander of a submarine in Russia’s Black…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cleric of the Celestial Church of Christ, Alpha and Omega, Ashipa Parish 4, David Oshoffa has been remanded at Kirikiri Correction Centre, over the poisoning of two siblings, Michael and Mahoklo Agbah, at Seme Border, in Badagry area of Lagos state. Oshoffa was arraigned on three counts bordering on murder of…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 300 people travelling in three boats from Senegal to Spain are missing, a Spanish aid group said Monday. Two boats departed from Mbour city on June 23 carrying about 100 people and a third left the southern town of Kafountine four days later with approximately 200 people, said Helena Maleno…
