LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A 41-YEAR-OLD Sao Paulo Brazil-based businessman, Abugu Oliver Ikechukwu, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for importing shirts and towels starched with 6.10 kilograms of liquid cocaine from the South American country into Nigeria. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 80% of Nigerians say the country is moving in the wrong direction ahead of the 2027 general election, according to the first wave of the Nigeria 2027 Voter Sentiment Tracker released by SBM Intelligence. The report found that almost eight in every 10 respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the country’s trajectory, reflecting…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has reiterated his call for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, saying there is no justification for the continued detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra. Obi stated this during an interaction with Nigerians in Washington, D.C., United States,…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was tension at the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) last Thursday as inmates reportedly staged a protest over alleged overcrowding and plans by the Federal Government to transfer about 300 suspected terrorists, including members of Boko Haram, Lakurawa and armed bandit groups, to the facility, SaharaReporters has…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-One of the sons of the late Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar (retd), Isyaka Rabe, has said his father had no history of diabetes or high blood pressure, contrary to claims attributed to the Katsina State Government. In an interview with Deutsche Welle on Sunday, Isyaka said reports suggesting that his father died…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and given four years in prison. The three judges in courtroom 250 at Oslo District Court cleared him of two other counts of rape, but found him guilty of many of the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-When you’re watching 2026 World Cup games and see empty seats, just remember who the real enemy is. It’s not the American, Canadian or Mexican fans who didn’t fill those seats. Because those empty seats aren’t about interest in the world’s most prestigious soccer tournament. There’s plenty of interest. No, the enemy…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The United States and Iran reached an initial agreement early Monday to open the Strait of Hormuz and further extend a shaky ceasefire in the Iran war, potentially allowing desperately needed oil and natural gas to reach the global market. Details of the deal were not immediately released and Iran…