LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pro wrestler Sara Lee’s death has been ruled a suicide, Texas medical examiners said Friday, finding that the 30-year-old had ingested a fatal cocktail of alcohol and drugs. Lee, best known for winning the 2015 WWE “Tough Enough” reality television series, died on Oct. 5 at her home in San Antonio, officials…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian women abducted as schoolgirls by a jihadi militant group nine years ago have been rescued, the West African nation’s military has said. One had a year-old baby while the second gave birth to her second child days after her freedom. Hauwa Maltha and Esther Marcus were among 276 schoolgirls abducted…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A wealthy Nigerian politician, his wife and their “middleman” have been jailed for an organ-trafficking plot, after bringing a man to the UK from Lagos. Senator Ike Ekweremadu, 60, and his wife Beatrice, 56, wanted a new kidney for their 25-year-old daughter Sonia, the Old Bailey heard. The pair and Dr Obinna…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC), Southeast Zone has ratified the suspension of some leaders of the party accused of anti-party activities in Enugu and Abia States. The Zonal Secretariat of the party stated that the ratification followed the South East Executive Meeting of the APC on April 16, 2023. National Vice Chairman…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For placing a restriction order on some customers’ accounts, Zenith Bank has been ordered to pay N2 billion in favour of Tsami Babi Nig. Ltd, Amsamay Ltd and M A.Y Fine Fragrance as damages. A Lagos High Court sitting at Court 44, Commercial Division, Osborne Foreshore, Phase2 Court House, gave the order….
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen said Thursday that he will never forget winning Napoli‘s first Serie A title in over three decades after his goal finally pushed southern Italy’s biggest club over the line. Nigeria striker Osimhen’s 22nd league goal of the season earned Napoli a 1-1 draw at Udinese which was enough to win…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Napoli won its first Italian soccer league title since the days when Diego Maradona played for the club, sealing the trophy with a 1-1 draw at Udinese on Thursday. The “scudetto” (championship) set off wild scenes of celebrations throughout Naples, inside the stadium in Udine and beyond. Maradona led Napoli to its…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Imo State, south-east Nigeria, said they have arrested nine suspected members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who allegedly killed five officers and a couple in the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. PREMIUM TIMES reported how…
