LAGOS FENRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has lost his uncle, Elder Omieworio Afeni and he said he is pained by his demise. He died at the age of 87 years. A statement issued by Jonathan’s spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze on Tuesday, said Elder Afeni, who died in Yenagoa at the weekend after a…
LAGOS JUNE29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian cult has been accused of promoting a life of prostitution and drugs in Italy’s dark and narrow alleys; from the north in Turin to the south in Palermo. The Washington Post writes that “Italian investigators say the Nigerian syndicate meets the definition of a mafia, rather than a criminal gang, because…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Monday slumped before being revived during an official assignment in Sokoto. He was immediately surrounded by anxious aides and dignitaries who raised him up from the ground after successfully reviving him. Malami, who recently returned from an official visit to…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Osun State Fire Service on Monday said it had begun a probe into the fire incident which killed a Customs officer attached to the Oyo/Osun Command, Tijani Kabiru, his wife and four children in their house in Ede. The incident which occurred in Akankan Area of Ede in the early hours…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected herdsmen kidnappers have taking over Osun State as travelers and motorists traveling along Gbongan-Ibadan and Ife-Ilesha-Akure Expressway are living in fear because they do not know who will be the next victim. Information gathered had it that the pastor in charge of Apostolic Church, Oke-yidi road, Modakeke was said to have…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Galala singer, Daddy Showkey has spoken on plans by some unnamed people to kill him. He said the death threat was as a result of his being outspoken on topical issues in the country. However, the “Ghetto soldier” crooner said he was not afraid of death, hence those planning his death…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Information reaching Daily Sun now indicates that President Muhammadu Buhari has officially announced his intention to seek re-election in the 2019 general election. He made the declaration at the National Secretariat of the All Progressive Congress (APC), at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting. “It is true that the President has announced…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Political leadership and the job of delivering good governance to the people are a serious business for the young and active and not for the elderly. Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, made the remark at the Anambra PDP’s Reconciliation and Stakeholders Meeting…