LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part. NDLEA said Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport on Monday 20th…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two months after they were granted state pardon, 159 convicts, including a former Governor of Plateau State, Senator Joshua Dariye, and a former Taraba State Governor, Jolly Nyame, have yet to be released, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. The Council of State led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had on…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Lagos State Parks and Garages Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, aka MC Oluomo, says with or without certificate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is Nigeria’s next President. He said this while reacting to the alleged certificate scandal of the Presidential Candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Daily Trust had reported how Tinubu…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 17 people have been found dead in a nightclub in South Africa’s East London city, local media report. Bodies were found at the Enyobeni Tavern early on Sunday, and reports say several people were injured. “The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation as we speak,” a police spokesman told…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Former Governor Peter Obi, has identified, among other factors, bad governance, Nigeria’s economic woes, frustration and hopelessness as some of the factors fuelling drug abuse among the youths in the country. Obi made the remarks in a Message to mark the International Day Against Drug…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Noor Shah Mohammad was serving as a Taliban soldier hundreds of miles from home when disaster struck early on Wednesday morning. A powerful earthquake reduced much of his village to rubble, killing residents as they slept including his wife, father, two sisters and a brother. When he heard the news, he said…
LAGOS JUNE 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Weather didn’t deter bikers from showing up and showing out at Milwaukee’s second annual World Naked Bike Ride on Saturday. As clouds rolled in over the city, over 200 riders still congregated to celebrate the city’s nudist event of the summer. The clothing-optional, “bare as you dare” bike ride began at 4…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, has disclosed that 6,000 workers without employment letters were detected in the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Productivity during the cleaning up of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). She made…
