LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Zone 2 Command Onikan, Lagos, have arrested an alleged fake woman customs officer, Rakiya Musa for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of the public. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Idris-Adamu said that the Assistant Inspector General of Police…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered the extradition of Chukwuemeka Onyegbula to the United States of America to face trial over allegations of wire fraud and identity theft. Justice Inyang Ekwo made this order while delivering judgment on the application filed by the federal government. The court ordered that…
LAGOS MAY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petrol stations in Lagos started witnessing queues few hours after President Bola Tinubu announced that “fuel subsidy is gone”. Daily Trust observed that NNPC stations in Ikeja, Alausa were crowded by motorists who rushed to buy the product. Many private stations were not selling as of the time of filing this report….
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the main opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, has again given another angle as to why Bola Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, should not have been declared winner of the presidential election. The former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prince Kennedy Ahanotu, the Labour Party’s national youth leader, has said that the Apapa-led faction’s former members slept on the floor of the party’s Abuja office, but that they now stay in some of the city’s most opulent hotels. This information was revealed by Ahanotu in response to the uproar at the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has imposed entry restrictions on more Nigerians for undermining the democratic process during the African nation’s 2023 election cycle, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. “These individuals have been involved in intimidation of voters through threats and physical violence, the manipulation of vote results, and other…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A court in Nigeria has been asked to stop the planned inauguration of the country’s next president and to extend the incumbent’s tenure, court documents obtained Friday show. Five Nigerians made the request to the Federal High Court in Abuja, arguing that President-elect Bola Tinubu was illegally declared the winner of the…
LAGOS MAY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 143 passengers yesterday escaped death when a Max Air aircraft yesterday crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) in Abuja, after its tyre reportedly burst into flames. The management of Max Air disclosed that all the 143 passengers and an infant on board the aircraft with registration No:…
