LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-With significant interest, the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has received the news that the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCT) upheld the $220 million fine imposed on Meta Platforms Incorporated, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram. The penalty was imposed after a 30-month investigation between 2021 and 2023…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This weekend is a very special one for Mali couple Halima Cissé and Abdelkader Arby – their record-breaking nonuplets are turning four! Brothers Mohammed VI, Elhadji, Oumar and Bah and sisters Kadidia, Fatouma, Hawa, Adama and Oumou will celebrate their big day on Sunday (4 May). These adorable new pictures of the…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular businessman, Prince Bankole Adepegba, also known as “Ade Bendel,” who was abducted in IIara town in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State has regained his freedom after the payment of a ransom amounting to N300 million. The gunmen stormed the community at about 11 pm on Wednesday, April 30,…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the recent arrest of social media activist Martin Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), describing it as a troubling reflection of the nation’s current disregard for due process and civil liberties. In a strongly…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The hardship in the country vis-à-vis the plight of Nigerian workers was at the centre of the conversation in Abuja on Friday as some members of the Obidient Movement powered by the Cyrus Group and Free Nigeria Foundation held a talk show as part of the May Day celebration. The high points…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen continued his sensational form with a brace as Galatasaray thrashed Sivasspor 4-1, taking his goal tally to 33 for the season. The win keeps the Yellow-Reds’ hopes alive of securing a third consecutive Turkish Süper Lig title. The Nigerian striker was clinical once again, netting Galatasaray’s second and fourth goal,…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigators from the Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau have arrested and charged an individual in connection to an alleged online romance scam, totaling more than $600,000. Between June 2021 and July 2023, two victims believed they were in a genuine romantic relationship with the suspect, whom they met through an online dating…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square has convicted and sentenced to death, a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) driver, Andrew Ominikoron, for the murder of a 22-year-old fashion designer, Bamise Ayanwola. In a judgment that lasted over two and half hours, Justice Serifat Sonaike held that the prosecution, the…