LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two TikTok stars in Nigeria have been sentenced to a whipping and forced to clean the court after they used social media to mock a government official. Mubarak Isa Muhammed and Muhammed Bula were found guilty of defaming Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of the northern state of Kano. The pair’s lawyer said they…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama has ordered that the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, be remanded in prison custody, following his alleged disobedience to a valid court order. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Chizoba Oji, found the EFCC…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of plotting to derail his re-election. In a letter dated November 3, 2022, to the party’s national chairman, Iyorcha Ayu, Mohamed claimed that Atiku had threatened to “punish” him for running against him in the party’s…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Supporters of the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Peter Obi and his running mate, Dr. Ahmed Yusuf Datti, yesterday, stated that they will embark on a car-rally with 100 cars across different parts of Ebonyi State. Briefing Newsmen in Abakaliki, the Southeast Regional Coordinator of the Obi Datti Car-rally support…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo, has disclosed that the Abuja-Kaduna train service which was halted due to the March 28, 2022, terrorist attack would be reopened for patronage by the general public this November. The Minister stated this earlier today at the second edition of the “PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo on Monday rated President Muhammadu Buhari high while reading the scorecard of the President on what he described as “Strategic interventions” designed in the transportation sector. The Minister presented the 2015 till date scorecard at the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture Press Centre,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has disclosed that only two weeks ago, one political party served about 70 Court processes on the Commission in one day seeking to compel it to accept the nomination or substitution of its candidates long after the deadline provided in the Timetable and…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A middle-aged man identified as Richard Komba, a survivor of the Precision aeroplane crash in Lake Victoria at Bukoba has narrated what happened before the accident that occurred on Sunday morning 6th November. According to Mwananchi magazine, Richard was rescued and rushed to Kagera referral hospital for specialised treatment. Reportedly, he told…
