LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-A Presiding Officer during the February 23 presidential election, Mr Adejuyitan Olalekan, told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, on Monday, that he personally transmitted the results collated at his polling unit during the poll. Olalekan took the witness stand as the petitioners’ third witness at the instance of the Peoples…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday, called Buba Galadima, as their first witness in proving their petition challenging President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory at the February 23 poll. Galadima, a spokesperson for the Atiku Campaign Organisation and former ally of Buhari, was reportedly arrested by the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tyson Fury has announced his rematch with Deontay Wilder will take place on February 22. WBC heavyweight champion Wilder confirmed in June “contracts have been signed” for a repeat of their enthralling battle from last December, which ended in a controversial split-decision draw. ‘The Bronze Bomber’ intends to take on Luis Ortiz…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver, Ademola Quadri, has been arrested by the police after he raised a false alarm over the stealing of a car gave given to him to use for Uber. According to the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, Quadri, of 24, Oloko Street, off College Road, Ogba, Lagos raised the…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abba Kyari, is a DCP of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, Formerly serving at the Lagos State Police Command, in the capacity of the Officer-In-Charge of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS for 5yrs, an outfit reputed for combating violent crimes ranging from armed robbery, car theft, kidnapping , gang clashes, sea piracy…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nineteen-year-old Mariya Suleiman has been arrested for stabbing her elder brother to death at Badawa area in Nasarawa LGA of Kano state after a heated argument. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations’ Officer (PPRO) of the Kano State Police command disclosed in a statement on Sunday that Mariya allegedly stabbed her…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A continental railway advocacy group, African Railway Roundtable has called on the new leadership of Nigerian National Assembly to immediately revive and accelerate the passage of the Nigerian railway law reform bill which seeks to amend the out dated 1955 law establishing and regulating the Nigerian Railway Corporation. The group which made…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation, Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPILA) has expressed concern over the verdict of the Supreme Court which affirmed the victory of governor Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to the organisation, by that action the apex court has “substantially spat in the face…
