LAGOS MARCH 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices jumped on Friday, with Brent crude futures hitting their highest in more than two weeks as U.S. stock prices rose. Investors covered short bets ahead of a weekend in which the U.S. news programme “60 Minutes” will air an interview with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince. Brent futures rose to more…
LAGOS MATCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The suspected lunatic, Lekan Adebisi, who killed two pupils of St. John’s Anglican Primary School, Agodo, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State, has blamed his action on ‘frustration.’ Adebisi attacked and killed Mubarak Kalesowo and Sunday Obituyi on the school premises on Monday. The pupils were said to be on lunch…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-The decision by Globacom Telecommunications Company, owners of Glo Mobile Network which saw the sacking of over 90 female staff from their employment list, has been challenged by the Public Interest Litigation Initiative (PILI), News Express report. In a press statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Executive Director of the…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A young boy from Jigawa state has emerged as the student with the highest score in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for 2018,NAIJ.COM report. The boy identified as Aliyu Muhammad Sani Kaugama scored 311. The student had finished his secondary school education at the academy for the gifted and talented…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian students have been arrested with 500 grams of shabu and counterfeit drugs amounting to P2.5 million (about N48m), following an entrapment operation in Bacoor, Cavite, on Friday. According to ABS, the suspects Agu Austin Chukwuebuka and Nkwocha Chimaobi were arrested after they sold 11 sachets of suspected shabu stashed in…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court in Igbosere has sentenced a self-proclaimed site engineer and housing agent, Babatunde Habeeb, to 1,230 years imprisonment for a N28 million scam. Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye convicted Habeeb, also known as Babatunde Salaudeen, of defrauding 101 accommodation seekers under the pretext of renting them 13 apartments in a building…
By Victor Enny EBIMOMI LAGOS MATCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When scan result showed that Mrs. Amarachi was carrying a twin baby boys last year, her joy and that of her husband, Obinna Ugwoke knew no bound. They were eagerly counting months waiting for the day the boys to physically unite with the family. The day eventually came…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The upcoming international break presents an opportunity for the members of Nigeria’s 28-man squad to nail down a berth in the travelling party for the World Cup by impressing Gernot Rohr. However, those left out of this month’s selection face an anxious wait to see whether they can muscle into the coach’s…
