LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The convoy of Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio and Governor Dapo Abiodun found themselves stuck in a traffic jam for a grueling three hours on the deteriorated Lagos-Ota-Abeokuta route. This happened over the weekend. They were joined by other notable figures, including Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, Senator Adams Oshiomohle,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu-led federal government has threatened to sue the United Nations (UN) over the allegations bordering on financial mismanagement. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the Minister for Women’s Affairs, made the allegation at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, October 16. The Tinubu’s minister alleged that the United Nations has been receiving monies…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A suspected hacker identified as Michael Anan Onimisi was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for allegedly developing a software code named: “Bee-Leaf” and “Real-Eve” to defraud First City Monument Bank Plc. He was arraigned before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna on six-count charges…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Magistrate of a court two in Tunga, Minna, Niger State has sentenced five men arrested with human skulls to 60 years imprisonment with hard labour. Each of the convicts will spend 12 years in prison for attempting to commit a money ritual with the skull. Chief Magistrate Fati Umar Hassan,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) while on duty today picked up an underage girl found loitering around Jibowu under the Bridge. The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA Mr Adebayo Taofiq confirmed that the young girl was picked while sitting lonely under the bridge at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the BBC’s London headquarters on Monday evening to protest the broadcaster’s coverage of the terrorist attacks that took place in Israel last week. The BBC has found itself mired in controversy after refusing to describe Palestinian group Hamas, who organized the butchering and abduction of almost 2,000…
LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hamas has released what is believed to be the first video of an Israeli hostage kidnapped during its surprise incursion on Oct. 7. “Hi, I’m Mia Shem, 21 years old from Shoham. Currently, I’m in Gaza,” the young woman says in Hebrew, according to The Jerusalem Post. “I returned early Saturday morning…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruler of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, King Salman bin Abdulaziz has summoned an emergency meeting of the member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Naija News reports that the emergency meeting is called to discuss the ongoing conflict in the Gaza strip between Hamas and Israel. In a statement posted on…
