LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two kidnapped US embassy staff have been rescued unharmed in Nigeria, say police, days after seven other people travelling in the same convoy were killed. The attack happened on Tuesday in the south-eastern district of Ogbaru, which has been under curfew for the past year because of safety concerns. A local official…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jose Mourinho’s Roma remain on track for a second European trophy in two seasons, after a 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen sent them through 1-0 on aggregate on Thursday. The Europa Conference League holders created little in attack but defended doggedly, as the increasingly frustrated home side peppered their goal in search…
LAGOS MAY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of Labour Party, Julius Abure, on Thursday in Abuja declared that he was back as National Chairman, and that the LP was united and has no faction in its rank. He also disclosed that the suspended Deputy National Chairman of the party, Apapa Lamidi, failed in its attempt to…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police from Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, arraigned Edu Oluwasesan and Adeyemi Abass, before a Lagos Federal High Court, on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, obtained by false pretence and fraud of N25 million. The two men, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Justine Enang, conspired among themselves and…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Sabo-Yaba, yesterday, ordered that afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, should spend four more days in police custody, over alleged assault on a police officer on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos. Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun made the order sequel to a motion ex-parte brought by the police,…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The chief spokesperson of Peter Obi’s PCC, Tanko Yunusa, has made shocking revelations that could link the APC to the ongoing crisis within the Labour Party. In his interview, Tanko revealed the name of a lawyer who allegedly represents the fractional LP chairman, Lamidi Apapa, and the APC. He added, “However, I…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Factional Acting Chairman of the Labour Party, Lamidi Apapa has affirmed that he will return to court on Friday for the hearing session of the Labour Party petition at the Tribunal. Despite the humiliation and near-death experience which he claimed he faced at the court premises yesterday, he still assured Nigerians…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, has expressed worries over impersonators who he said are attempting to damage his reputation by imitating his name and voice. On Thursday via a Twitter thread, the former LP presidential candidate detailed how a fraudster had called Prince Mustapha Audu, the son of the…
