LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Isaac Auta Zankai, and the member representing Zaria state constituency, Suleiman Dabo, have defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Labour Party in the state. The Deputy Speaker is representing the Kauru state constituency in the state Assembly. The National Secretary…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A pigeon was detained last month in a Canadian jail after it was discovered to be carrying a backpack that contained crystal meth, the Globe and Mail reported over the weekend. The bird was found and later captured at the Pacific Institution correctional facility near Vancouver after officers noticed the high-flying fowl…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer was killed during the rescue of Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, kidnapped President of Igueben Customary Area Court of Appeal, in Edo State. The… A police officer was killed during the rescue of Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, kidnapped President of Igueben Customary Area Court of Appeal, in Edo State. The magistrate was…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has cleared the air on the circumstances surrounding the liquidation of one of his companies, Next International (UK) Ltd. A statement issued late Wednesday by Obi-Datti Media Office dismissed speculations that the company was liquidated by UK authorities, explaining that the owners voluntarily liquidated the firm…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Simon Mamoh, a Nigerian, has filed a N406 million lawsuit against Khairul Dzaimee Daud, Director-General of the Malaysian Immigration Department, and three other people for what he claims to be illegal detention and deportation. Mamoh claims that the immigration division of the nation held him against his will for 40 days before…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pune City police, India, has given details on the arrest of Nigerian ‘engineer-turned-drug kingpin’, Folarin Abdulazees Andoyi, for being in possession of cocaine worth Rs 2.16 crore in 2022. The police said 50-year-old Andoyi, a mechanical engineer, had been active in the cocaine racket for over a decade and had been…
LAGOS JANUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States announced Thursday it was offering a reward of up to $10 million for a man described as the “terror mastermind” of a bloody hotel attack in Kenya four years ago. It said it is seeking information on Mohamoud Abdi Aden, describing him as a leader of the Somalia-based Al-Shabaab…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chad are the latest nation to fall foul of the age testing saga rocking African football after being disqualified from regional Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers due to start on Thursday, 12 January in Cameroon. It comes after one of their players failed a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) age test. Last…
