LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, on Thursday expressed concern over the order for the detention of Mr. Omoyele Sowore, the Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), for 45 days. The Department of State Security (DSS) had secured the order from a Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja about six days…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump threatened undefined retaliation Friday against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence. “If they did that, we’d just reciprocate,” Trump said during a wide-ranging impromptu gaggle with reporters at the White House, en route to fundraisers in New York. He added:…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Congolese government has ejected the Nigerian Ambassador, Ibim Nkem Charles, and other diplomats in the country from their office. A viral video circulating on social media showed the Nigerian embassy building in Congo being locked up by the Congolese government. In the video, properties belonging to the Nigerian Embassy were thrown…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a money laundering charge against Uyiekpen Giwa-Osagie, lawyer to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. It accused him of laundering $2million ahead of this year’s general elections in which Atiku, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, contested against President Muhammadu Buhari. EFCC said the lawyer…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents and the Bayelsa State Chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) have raised concerns on the whereabouts of Madam Beauty Ogere Siasia, the abducted mother of a former Coach and skipper of the Super Eagles, Samson Siasia. Residents said it was a sign of incompetence on the part of…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A love story which started in Nigeria between two lovers, leading to marriage, has degenerated into divorce, power play, blackmail, accusations and counter-accusations. Caught in the middle of this drama are the Metropolitan and Nigerian police. While the Metropolitan police are presently looking at the merit of extraditing the man identified as…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of Nigerias Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who was in Ondo state for the 2019 Fagunwa Study Group International Conference, was personally driven and conducted round some projects of the present administration in Akure by the State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN. One of Nigerias Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka,…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Super Eagles star Nwankwo Kanu has reacted to Alex Iwobi’s moe from Arsenal to Everton. The Toffees signed the Nigerian international on deadline day after they agreed a reported fee 35m pounds with Arsenal. The 23-year-old signed a five year deal with the club and was their seventh signing of what…
