LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi has called for the resignation of President Bola Tinubu, arguing that worsening economic conditions, insecurity and governance challenges warrant political accountability. In a post shared on X, Obi said his position was inspired by developments in the United Kingdom, where he reflected on a Monday…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, at the Kuje Correctional Centre. He will remain in custody until Wednesday when proceedings will resume on a two-count cybercrime charge the Department of State Services (DSS) filed against him for…
LAGOS JUNE22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Keir Starmer has announced he will resign as Labour leader and step down as U.K. prime minister. Starmer confirmed on Monday morning that he will quit following weeks of mounting speculation amid falling poll numbers and growing unrest within the ruling Labour Party. He said he had informed King Charles of his…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service will lose 1,516 officers nationwide over the next two years following the release of statutory retirement lists covering 825 officers in 2026 and 691 officers in 2027. The retirement notices were contained in two restricted circulars issued by the Service’s Human Resource and Development Department and signed by…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A French appeals court on Friday confirmed that Moroccan football star Achraf Hakimi will face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023, which the Paris Saint-Germain defender denies. In February 2023, a woman then aged 24 told police in the Val-de-Marne region southeast of Paris that Hakimi had raped…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The boyfriend of a Citibank Vice President who was beaten to death in her southeast London flat has been arrested after more than a year on the run. Brian Kiprop Kiplagat was arrested on June 10 after being intercepted by immigration officers at the border of Namanga as he attempted to cross…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command has commenced investigation into the death of a 71-year-old church leader, Omotayo Ezekiel Fajana, whose body was discovered under suspicious circumstances in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area. The development was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, while speaking on Sunday with Western…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed me have killed a former staff member of Ogun State Television, Mrs Kitan Oyesiku, popularly known as “Aunty Kitan”, alongside her security guard at her residence in Agodo community along the Abeokuta–Siun–Sagamu Expressway in the early hours of Sunday. The bodies of the deceased were said to have been deposited at…
