LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), might have ruled out a former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and a former governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, from the 2023 presidential run, because they would be in their 70s by the next election. Although IBB as Babangida is fondly called…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State House of Assembly has cut the pension of former governors of the state by 50 per cent. The decision was taken after the adoption of a report by the House committee on establishment which gave the recommendation, according to a statement on Thursday by the chief press secretary to the…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma, jailed for contempt of court last month, was admitted to hospital for a check-up on Friday, less than a week before he is due in court for a separate graft trial. The Department of Correctional Services “can confirm that former president Jacob Zuma has today, 6…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two persons were feared dead as suspected armed robbers on Thursday attacked two generation banks in Iree, Boripe Local Government Area of Osun. The robbers arrived at the two banks, in the same location at 3:50 p.m and operated for about 30 minutes. A witness, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rivers State Police Command and the Nigeria sports sector were thrown into mourning, following the sudden passing of the state deputy Police spokesman, Christian Udogu. According to a close source in the command, Udogu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, was with his family on Wednesday evening watching a programme on television…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected bandits have abducted the biological father of the Speaker of Zamfara state House of Assembly, Alhaji Nasiru Muazu Magarya. Daily Trust reports that the armed men also kidnapped the Speaker’s stepmother, uncle and four others in a raid on his community, Magarya in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected cultists have invaded the Computer Village in Ogunabali, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers State, harassing shop owners and extorting money from them. This came as shop owners and traders in the area called on security agencies to come to their rescue and save them and their wares. Some…
