LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The attack in the Bukkuyum local government area took place during Friday prayers at the Jumu’at central mosque in Ruwan Jema town, three residents told Reuters. “The armed bandits came…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two years after Samuel Ashola was shot in the leg during a peaceful protest in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, the unemployed artist boils with anger as he prepares to vote. “My blood is hot,” said the 30-year-old, before campaigning for the 2023 general elections starts later in September. “I’m from the ghetto,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Lecturers from Nigerian public universities who have been striking since February appealed a court ruling ordering them to suspend their action, which has kept students away from class for the past seven months. ASUU lawyer Femi Falana filed papers at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday seeking to set…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons, comprising four male adults and a house wife, drowned in an attempt to escape being kidnapped by bandits at Chakumi village in Gurdi ward of Abaji area council of Abuja. It was reported that Chakumi shares boundary with neighboring Daku village through river Gurara in Dobi ward of Gwagwalada area…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 1,000 people were arrested in 37 cities across Russia during protests against President Vladimir Putin’s Wednesday order for the partial mobilisation of reservists to the war in Ukraine, an independent rights group said. Despite criticism of the military being illegal, protests broke out across the country and hundreds were arrested,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has confirmed his readiness to keynote the 2022 conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on Thursday, October 6, 2022, at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos. His confirmation was conveyed via a letter dated September 19, 2022 and addressed to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court, in Ikeja yesterday sentenced Ayodeji Oluokun, an assistant Pastor of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, to two years imprisonment for issuance of $1.6 million dud cheque. The convicted Pastor was charged alongside his company, Peak…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The legal firm of Malcolm Omirhobo And Co has given the Federal Government of Nigeria seven days ultimatum to release the certified true copy of the signed Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the British Government and the Federal Government of Nigeria in relation to the reparation to the Federal Government of Nigeria by…
