LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a stir online on Friday when a photo showing President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf Buhari, allegedly at the campaign rally of former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, went viral. Atiku is the Presidential Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and main rival of Buhari, the Presidential Candidate of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter carrying vice-president Yemi Osinbajo and his entourage crash landed in Kabba, Kogi state. Multiple reports said Osinbajo and all the people on board were safe. The Vice President who is in the town for his next-level engagements with the people, was undaunted by the accident. In a video posted on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram killed at least 60 civilians in an attack on the remote town of Rann in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, Amnesty International said on Friday. The human rights group’s Nigeria director Osai Ojigho said “at least 60 people” were killed while satellite imagery showed “mass burning” of structures used by…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja division has adjourned proceedings in the suit seeking the disqualification of President Muhammadu Buhari from participating in the February 16 presidential election till February 7, 2019. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date following a request by the plaintiffs’ counsel for time to respond to the…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State police command has arrested two ritualist caught with a fresh human head. The suspects were nabbed with the body of their victim whose head was already cut off. According to Lagos State police spokesman, Chike Oti, on Tuesday, November 27, at about 8:30p.m., a team of anti-kidnapping personnel of…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour leaders have criticised the federal government for the planned increase of the fee to be paid by Nigerians to secure travelling passports. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) had announced that new e-passports, to be valid for a duration of 10 years will cost…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Adejoh Ojonugwa, a 25-year-old panel beater, has been arrested in Ondo State for stealing underwear belonging to his elder brother’s wife. Ojonugwa was apprehended by officers of Ondo State Police Command after the case was reported. The suspect was nabbed alongside one Prophet Olajide Ogunleye of the Celestial Church of Christ, Ibanujemidopin…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud, has said that the Commission would investigate possible violation of campaign finance laws by the Federal Government through its Trader0]Moni Scheme. He stated that the electoral agency has a mechanism for tracking campaign finance violations by the candidates and their parties, adding that…
