LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi of the Labour Party has reacted to reports making the rounds of about 4,000 Nigerians trapped in war-torn Sudan. DAILY POST recalls that Nigerian students in the country have called on the federal government to evacuate them amid escalation of fighting in Khartoum, the capital, and other parts of the…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde, and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo, who were going for lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabia at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and ankara fabrics….
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The quick intervention of the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Labour Party (LP) last week saved the plan by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to weaken the party leadership and scuttle the petition filed by its presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, challenging the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as presidentelect. A…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-American forces carried out a precarious evacuation of US embassy personnel in Sudan, President Joe Biden said late Saturday, calling for the end to “unconscionable” violence there as two rival leaders battled for power in the African country. Biden thanked the US troops who carried out the mission to extract American staffers…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Exactly 35 days to his inauguration on May 29, the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will arrive in Nigeria tomorrow after a one-month rest in France. Tinubu left the country for France on Tuesday, March 21 to rest and plan the transition programme ahead of his inauguration on May 29. One of his loyalists…
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The camp of the 2023 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has challenged the Presidency to provide proof of the Sallah phone conversation between President Muhammadu Buhari and his successor, Bola Tinubu. Tinubu’s whereabouts has been a subject of controversy lately because he has not been seen at any function….
LAGOS APRIL 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A good Samaritan is forced to arrest a mother of triplets who wouldn’t stop begging for alms despite receiving financial aid of over a million naira. A video making the rounds on social media captured the moment an Abuja beggar was accosted by a samaritan who had raised funds to support her….
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Peel Police Inspector Stephen Duivesteyn speaking at the Toronto Pearson international airport.The Canadian Press / Alamy Live News The incident appears to represent one of Canada’s biggest heists, but it is not the first to unfold at one of the country’s airports. In 1990, another Canadian airport heist made headlines after armed…
