LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr Egbe’s shocking discovery highlighted both the lack of corpses available in Nigeria for medical students and what can happen to victims of police violence. Between the 16th and 19th Centuries, different laws in the UK granted the bodies of executed criminals to medical schools – a punishment that also advanced the…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-France on Friday cleared the extradition of Francois Compaore, the brother of Burkina Faso’s former president, to his home country where he is wanted in connection with the murder of a prominent journalist. The Council of State, France’s highest court for cases involving public administration, rejected an appeal by Compaore’s lawyers against…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An alleged mentally unstable man has been beaten to a pulp by residents of Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State for allegedly being in possession of a huge sum of money and three phones. It was gathered that the suspect, who stays under the bridge in the…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, may be deported to Nigeria. Upon his deportation, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force would arrest him, a security source confided in our correspondent. However, the activist’s lawyers have kicked against the move, saying that it was…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Athletes and officials of Team Nigeria at the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games are reportedly at loggerheads over phones given to athletes from each participating country by Samsung. Samsung, who is one of the sponsors of the Olympics, gave a phone – Samsung S20+ 5G Olympics Games Athlete Edition – which costs…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An extract of a conversation between top cop, Abba Kyari and disgraced fraudster, Ramon Olorunwa also known as Hushpuppi, has given solid insight into their activities together. A US Court document, released on Thursday, detailed conversations between Kyari and Hushpuppi regarding bribery and the arrest of another suspected fraudster. POLITICS NIGERIA learned…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRAGERS)-The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday called for the review of the allegations against Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI. THEWILL writes that Kyari, who is the head of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), was linked to popular fraudster and…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday threatened total lockdown of the Southeast and other Biafra States from Monday August 9, 2021 if its leader, Nnamdi Kanu is not unconditionally released before then. It also asked Governors, individuals and businessmen it earlier listed as collaborators with the Federal government to the…
