LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, has threatened a N10bn defamation suit against Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi over allegations linking him to murder, bribery and other criminal conduct. The letter, sighted by The PUNCH, is dated July 6, 2026, and was signed by ‘Kemi Pinheiro, SAN, for Pinheiro LP, lawyers of…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 15 persons were burnt to death in a two bedroom apartment while three others were shot dead at various intervals over land dispute in Niger state. The incident happened when some yet-to-be identified assailants stormed the house where the 15 people were staying and set it ablaze killing…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) today, Monday, 6 July 2026, secured the conviction of 16 environmental offenders following their arraignment before the Oshodi Special Offences and Mobile Court for various environmental infractions, including illegal waste disposal at unauthorised locations across Lagos State. The court sentenced each of the offenders to…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the alleged Presidential Fiscal and Infrastructure Projects Council deepened on Monday as police operatives stormed the Ogbomoso residence of the family of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, the central figure in the ongoing forgery investigation linked to the purported council. Our correspondent learnt that Adeyemi’s father, alongside a family friend who…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Cross River State Police Command has commenced investigations into the death of a woman, Blessing Ayebe, whose body was discovered inside the toilet facility of a church in the Ikot Ansa area of Calabar Municipality. Vanguard gathered that the body was found around 9 p.m. last Monday, days after the…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democraric Congress (NDC) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of presiding over what he described as a worsening leadership crisis marked by incapacity, lack of compassion, and the collapse of governance. In a statement released on Monday, Obi said…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NiHSA, Umar Mohammed, says last week’s devastating floods in Lagos State and some other states across the country were not a surprise. The DG added that NiHSA’s forecasts and warnings were disregarded. According to him, before the floods, NiSHA had performed its…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential flagbearer in the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has said that the grand corruption being revealed daily in this regime supports why the President should resign. Obi, who had earlier called on the President to resign for failing to improve the welfare of the citizens, declared…