Tony Okoroji LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-When the former Anambra State Governor, Mr. Peter Obi suddenly dumped the Peoples’ Democratic Party for the hitherto unheralded Labour Party and became LP’s presidential candidate, I wrote in this column that it may have been Nigeria’s greatest political masterstroke of a century. There were however many in the professional…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Tijani Ringim of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday refused to hear two cases of a human right lawyer, Malcolm Omihrhobo, who adorned himself in a lawyer’s gown with ‘native doctor’ attire to court. The lawyer also appeared bare footed with cowries tied on his two legs. His wig…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two yet-to-be-identified cattle herders on Monday reportedly stabbed a man to death in protest against the killing of a cow around Agemowo, in the Badagry area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the herders were crossing the expressway with their cattle when a commercial bus crushed the cow to death. Angered…
By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This piece stemmed from the content of conversations held, and recommendations made during the recently celebrated International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, marked on 26 June every year to among other aims strengthen action and cooperation in achieving a world free of drug…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state has declared Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday work-free days to enable civil servants to register, revalidate and collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVC). The development was confirmed in a circular dated June 27 and signed by the Acting Head of Service, Alhaji Bilal Garba, The statement…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Bauchi state has arrested a 32-year-old man identified as Isaac Ezekiel, of Rafin Zurfi Yelwa Bauchi Metropolitan, for allegedly plucking the eyes of a 16-year-old boy. LIB had earlier shared the story of how the victim identified as Uzairu Salisu, was employed to work on a farm and while carrying out…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A housewife, Hauwa Audu, a resident of Michika local government area has hired the services of one Kwaji Tizhe, of Nkafa village for N100, 000, to kill her husband, James Tizhe, and made initial deposit of N7,000. Mrs Audu currently in prison custody in Yola, for alleged attempted murder was arraigned before…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. forces killed a senior terrorist leader in an airstrike in Syria on Monday, according to military officials. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said the target of the strike, Abu Hamzah al Yemeni, was a senior leader of an al-Qaida-affiliated terrorist group known as Hurras al-Din. The leader was riding alone on a…
