LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A man who filmed himself setting fire to a Bible before uploading it to social media has been found shot dead. Antônio Rocha de Sousa was found dead on Wednesday, May 14, having suffered several gunshot wounds to his body. Police are treating his death as murder. 10 days before being killed,…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has officially taken delivery of a 753-unit housing estate formerly owned by the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday, the ministry said that the property was handed over by the Economic and Financial…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was chaos and panic on Tuesday afternoon at the Alake Sports Complex in Ijeja, Abeokuta, one of the major venues of the ongoing 2024 National Sports Festival, as a fire outbreak sent athletes and spectators scrambling for safety. Eyewitnesses reveal that the fire incident occurred when a diesel truck supplying fuel…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabian authorities have reportedly arrested two women believed to be the wife and mother of Ado Aliero, one of Nigeria’s most wanted bandit kingpins. The women were apprehended in Medina, where they had allegedly been living under false identities. Sources familiar with the operation said the arrests were the result of…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has sealed off DONALD Restaurant, owned by popular nightlife entrepreneur, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, for environmental violations. The restaurant, located in the Lekki area of Lagos, was shut down after two of its staff were caught dumping refuse by the roadside. The Managing Director/Chief…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several media platforms have gone to town with the news of the Supreme Court ruling on a dispute between the defunct FSB International Bank and Sagecom Concepts Limited with some of them questioning the ability of Fidelity Bank (the judgement debtor) to make the payment. As the matter is still before the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH(NEWSRNAGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has reacted to growing speculation that he might run as a vice-presidential candidate alongside former Vice President Atiku Abubakar in the 2027 presidential election. Speaking at a public event in Kubwa, Abuja—where he donated to a school and hospital project managed by the Anglican…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fierce Nigerian political rivals Peter Obi and President Bola Tinubu were seen laughing and joking at Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass in Rome. Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress defeated Obi of the Labour Party in the heated and tightly contested 2023 presidential election – a victory Obi challenged at the Supreme…