LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has dismissed reports linking him with the All Progressive Congress, noting that he is not a member of the ruling party nor intending to be a member. Reacting to a report circulating on social media where he alleged that his name was mentioned in…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has made three key demands from the Edo State and federal governments regarding the killing of northern travellers in Uromi, Edo. This comes as the forum warned that the region will no longer tolerate such recklessness from the people of southern Nigeria. The spokesperson for NEF, Professor…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s wealthiest businessmen, Aliko Dangote, Mike Adenuga, Abdulsamad Rabiu, and Femi Otedola, have emerged as the only Nigerians on the 2025 ‘Africa’s Billionaires List’ compiled by Forbes, which was released on Saturday. Once again, Dangote topped the list for the 14th consecutive year, with an estimated net worth of $23.9 billion, up…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Olabisi Ajala reputedly toured 87 countries on a scooter, meeting political leaders and celebrities until he returned home to die lonely and poor at 65 Even if conventional history ignores Olabisi Ajala, the phrase “Ajala the traveller”, a nickname in Southwest Nigeria for the footloose and the adventurous, means he would never…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Police Command last night confirmed the arrest of 14 suspects in connection with the Thursday attack on a travelling party of hunters at Udune Efandion,an Uromi community in the Esan North Local Government of the state. Sixteen of the hunters said to be from the North on a hunting…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) today donated vehicles including a specialised ambulance in support of security and health services in Lagos State. The Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF) received two vehicles while an intensive care unit ambulance was given to…
By: Zagazola Makama LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a harrowing display of mob injustice, 16 innocent travelers from Northern Nigeria lost their lives in the Udune Efandion community of Uromi, Edo State, after being falsely accused of kidnapping. This unfathomable tragedy unfolded on Thursday, as an irate mob took the law into their own hands, fueled…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Barcelona and Brazil soccer player Dani Alves has won his appeal against a rape conviction, with a Spanish court overturning the ruling on Friday. Alves was found guilty in February 2024 of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison. Alves has always…