LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The dethroned Apetumodu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has approached an Osun State High Court to restrain Governor Ademola Adeleke from appointing a successor to the vacant traditional stool. Oloyede, who was convicted in the United States over fraud-related offences, is seeking an interlocutory injunction preventing the governor and other officials…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oyo State Police Command has begun investigating the killing of an amateur boxer, identified as Kehinde and popularly known as KBlaq, who was allegedly stabbed with a broken bottle after a street fight in Ibadan. The incident, which occurred on Sunday at Olodo Garage, reportedly happened after the initial confrontation…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 worshippers abducted during an attack on churches in Ariko community, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, reportedly died in captivity, while eight others were released after spending five months with their abductors, Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), Nigeria, has disclosed. The Chief Executive Officer of CSW Nigeria, Rev. Dr…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bereaved husband and five other persons conveying his wife’s corpse from Kano State to her hometown in Okpoga, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, have been abducted by armed men along Adoka Road in Otukpo LGA of the state. Witnesses said that the incident occurred on Friday at about…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Zamfara State on Monday staged a protest against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, taking to the streets of the state capital with the slogan #TinubuMustGo amid persistent insecurity and other challenges confronting the region. SaharaReporters gathered that the demonstration attracted men, women, including elderly women, young people and children, who…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a Sunday and Fidelia, the immediate elder sister of the late Senator Ifeanyi Ubah dressed up for church with a heart full of gratitude. Her family had already known devastating heartbreak just two years ago when her brother, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah passed away in 2024. The wound was still…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- India lifted nearly 500 million people out of poverty between 2011 and 2023, with extreme poverty dropping from 27.1 percent to 2.6 percent in the world’s most populous nation during the period, according to a new World Bank report. The only other parallel in poverty reduction on this scale is…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-King Charles has described the transatlantic slave trade as a “shameful chapter of history” that filled him with “profound sorrow” as he opened a summit of Commonwealth leaders in the Caribbean. He said the trade in enslaved persons “still casts a shadow” over the association of nations. There have been calls from…
