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Newborn Baby Dumped In Airplane Toilet

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The body of a newborn baby was discovered on a local flight in India on Wednesday, the police have revealed. The baby appeared to have been delivered on board in the toilet and had toilet paper stuffed in its mouth, reports NDTV. Police suspected that the mother is an underage girl on […]

Kwankwaso’s Supporters Celebrate, Set Brooms Ablaze, Fly PDP Flag

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In celebration of his defection to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, supporters of former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, have taken to the streets of Kano to burn the emblem of the ruling All Progressives Congress. The APC uses the broom as its party logo. In a video posted on YouTube by […]

AMCON: Banire Slams, Tinubu, Others, Says ‘I Don’t Need Appointment To Survive’

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Convener, United Action for Change (UAC), Dr. Muiz Adeyemi Banire, SAN has rebuked Chief (Mrs) Remi Tinubu, Mr. Olamilekan Solomon, and Gbenga Ashafa, representing Lagos State on the floor of the Senate arm of the National Assembly who have opposed his new appointment as the Chairman of the board of AMCON. In […]

Ngige, Oshiomole Crisis Rages On, Described The APC Chair As Mischievous Person

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the face-off between the Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige continues to rage, the minister has described the Party leader as someone who lives in a state of fertile ignorance or outright mischief. Sen. Ngige’s outburst […]

Mistaken Identity: Police Kill SARS Operative

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Operative of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Awkuzu, Anambra State, was on Tuesday shot dead while accompanying his colleague to effect an arrest in the early hours of the morning by some policemen who mistook him for an armed robber. The incident, it was gathered, took place at Alor community in Idemili […]

Melaye Docked For Atempted Suicide, Granted N5m Bail

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye was on Wednesday arraigned in an FCT High Court, Apo, on a six-count charge, bordering on attempted suicide, attempt to escape from custody and damage of police property. Melaye who represents Kogi West senatorial zone, denied committing the offences, while Justice Silvanus Oriji granted him bail in the sum […]

Finally, Gov Ortom Dumps APC For PDP

LAGOS JULY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has announced his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The governor made the announcement during a meeting with elected local government chairmen and councillors on Wednesday at the Government House Makurdi, hours after protesting youths barred him from traveling to […]

Aliko Dangote Targets 2020 Arsenal Takeover Amid Usmanov Sale Report

LAGOS JULY 35TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has put a 2020 timeline on his goal of buying Arsenal, following a report that Alisher Usmanov is exploring a sale of his 30 percent stake. The Financial Times reported on Tuesday, citing sources close to the Russian billionaire, that Usmanov has grown frustrated that the club’s […]

Attempt By ‘Mad’ Kidnapper To Abduct 4-Yr-Old Girl With N50 From Church Foiled

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attempt by a suspected kidnapper, who disguised as a mad man to abduct a four-year-old girl from Christ Anointed Church, in Ayobo area of Lagos, during church service, has been foiled leading to his arrest. The suspect, identified simply Jacob Dare (28), according to the father of the girl, Mr Ebhoboghe Rufus, […]

R-APC Hails Defection Of APC Lawmakers

LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The factional group of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, the R- APC, Tuesday hailed the Senators and members of the House of Representatives who dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and other political parties. In a statement yesterday by the National Publicity Secretary of the R- APC, Prince […]

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