LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michigan officials have identified the parents found dead with their six children inside their burning home, a case being investigated as a murder-suicide. Six children and two adults were found dead inside a Grand Haven Township home Friday after officials responded to a house fire, the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office said. All…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Kidnappers holding Kebbi State High Court Judge, Justice Faruku Hassan Bunza, have demanded a N200 million ransom from his family for his release, as security operatives intensify efforts to rescue him. Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, Umar Muhammad Hadejia, disclosed the ransom demand while briefing journalists on Monday in Birnin Kebbi. He…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Musa Kakaki of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced fugitive drug kingpin, Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu, and former international footballer, Segun George Hunkarin, to a combined 24 years’ imprisonment for unlawfully importing 7.050 kilogrammes of cocaine into Nigeria. Chinedu was first arraigned in September 2015 on a one-count…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal has overturned the judgment of the Federal High Court that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister five political parties, including the African Democratic Congress (ADC), declaring the earlier decision null and void. The appellate court’s decision also affects the Accord Party, Action Alliance (AA), Action…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has refuted the crux of the controversies surrounding the ongoing amendment of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) (Establishment) Act, clarifying that the bill does not outlaw street preaching or introduce a new prohibition on hawking. This followed public concerns over a provision in the proposed amendment relating to preaching…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three persons have reportedly died after a three-storey student hostel collapsed in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, with emergency responders continuing frantic efforts to rescue others feared trapped beneath the rubble. Sources told SaharaReporters on Monday that three bodies were recovered from the debris during ongoing…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A temporary hiatus to hostilities between the U.S. and Iran appeared to hold on Monday, but Iran denied media reports that it had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. The U.S. military brought a halt to two weeks of strikes on Friday as diplomats sought to give peace talks “some space.” Iran, which has also refrained…