LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, sentenced a journalist, Sanusi Inuwa, to three years in prison for N10.2 million fraud. Inuwa, 47, claims to be the publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Daily Focus newspaper. The court imposed the sentence after finding Inuwa guilty of defrauding one Hamza Galadima of the said…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, tendered tons of electoral documents, including Permanent Voter Cards (PVC) records before the Presidential Election Petition Court in Abuja. In furtherance of his suit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the 25 February presidential election, Mr Obi, through his lawyer, Livy Uzoukwu, presented…
LAGOS JUNE 22MD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sunday Igboho, the prominent Yoruba freedom fighter, has declared his intention to return to Nigeria and resume his agitation efforts. POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Igboho reassured his followers that he would soon be back in Ibadan, Oyo State, where his campaign for a Yoruba nation has gained significant traction. In a viral…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A fight between rival gangs at a women’s prison in Honduras on Tuesday quickly escalated into a riot that killed dozens of inmates. The riot at the prison in Tamara, around 30 miles outside the capital city of Tegucigalpa, started after rival gangs Barrio 18 and MS-13 clashed inside the facility early…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Lionel Messi will sign with Inter Miami and more details about his incredible arrival to Major League Soccer have been shared. Messi opted to move to MLS this summer rather than return to Barcelona or join Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante in Saudi Arabia. The deal reportedly includes profit sharing…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-After a spate of arrests and executions for drug offences, Ibrahim, a dealer in Saudi Arabia, is not taking any chances. “I don’t deal with new clients or go to the clients myself,” said the 37-year-old, using a pseudonym to protect his identity. “They have to take on the risk,” he told…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ghana’s economy grew faster than anticipated in the first quarter, driven by the services and agricultural sectors. Gross domestic product expanded 4.2% in the three months through March from a year earlier, compared with 3.7% growth in the previous quarter, government statistician Samuel Kobina Annim told reporters in the capital, Accra, on…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The world seems to be watching the daring rescue effort for the Titan submersible as crews from across the globe join in the days-long search. At a press conference Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard updated the search and rescue mission for the vessel, which went missing Sunday, as crews remain determined to…
