LAGOS MARCH 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court sitting in Abuja has sentenced one Mercy Yusuf to 24 years in prison for $298,000, ₦40 million property fraud. In a statement on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Yusuf and her company, T.M Properties Limited, were arraigned on a four-count charge that bordered on obtaining…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in Abuja. Abdullahi Abacha, the 36-year-old son of the late Nigerian military dictator, Sani Abacha, is dead. Abdullahi, who is the second to the last son of the military dictator died on Friday night in…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There was disquiet in Abuja, the nation’s Federal Capital Territory after the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election. Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Wednesday….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The police command in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Tuesday, arrested a number of suspects who are believed to be involved in the manipulation of the Bimordial Voters Accreditation System (BVAS). According to reports, the police swooped on a residential building at No. 15, Ganges Street, Maitama, Abuja to raid the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the collation of the presidential election continues, some youths have protested against the results being reeled out. The protesters, who are mostly youths, stormed the national collation centre, the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja, to express their displeasure over the election results. The youths, led by activist, Moses Ogidi-Paul, described…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party Chairman for the FCT, Sunday Zaka, is dead. A family member who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorized to announced it confirmed the development to Vanguard on Saturday. He said, “Our brother, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Chairman in the Federal Capital Territory, died in a motor…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps vehicle conveying election materials from Abuja to Lagos crashed on Friday evening, election eve. The accident reportedly occurred at the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja. The vehicle was also carrying operatives of the NSCDC to Lagos. In a video on social media, people are seen rendering…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of Saturday’s presidential election, members of the Labour Party and supporters of its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Wednesday, stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja to canvas for a free, fair and credible poll. The group, under the umbrella of Citizen Advocates 4 Labour Party…
