LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man detonated an explosive device outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, injuring himself but no one else, police said. The explosion happened about 1 p.m. local time just outside the embassy’s southeast corner, an embassy spokesman said. The embassy confirmed that the man who detonated the device was the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…