LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activist and presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has been released from the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre following a Federal High Court ruling that restored his bail. Sowore had been in custody since June 22, after Justice Mohammed Umar temporarily remanded him over allegations filed by the Department of State…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate in Gombe State identified Muhammad Suleiman Kumo has been convicted and sentenced two years and six months imprisonment for receiving N1 million bribe. Kumo who was a magistrate at Chief magistrate Court Pantami received the bribe in November 2024 through an account belonging to one Adamu Ahmed, the registrar in…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The South West Coordinator of Obi-Kwankwaso, OK Movement, Dr. Adefolaseye Adebayo has claimed that about 10 million Nigerians registered with the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, 24 hours after former Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi joined the party. DAILY POST reports that Obi and former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso on Sunday dumped…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely days after their high-profile defection to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso may be heading into another political storm, as fresh legal challenges threaten the very foundation of their new political platform. PRNigeria gathered that mounting concerns over the legitimacy of the…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned Nigerians against celebrating too early, despite the Supreme Court’s affirmation of Senator David Mark as leader of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), saying the real political battle still lies ahead. The message marks a shift from legal victory to political mobilisation, as the opposition moves…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A prominent Nigerian gymnastics coach, Anthony Asuquo, has been found dead under circumstances that remained unclear, sparking concern and calls for an urgent investigation from members of the gymnastics community and the public. Asuquo, the founder of Tony International Gymnastics (TIG) Club, reportedly died suddenly after alerting friends that ₦11 million…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Saburi Adeniji, a Nigerian footballer and left winger for Kings Park Rangers Football Club of Sudbury, at Great Cornard, Suffolk, England, has died after battling a severe brain stem injury. The football club is a non-league side competing in the Eastern Counties League Division One North. In a Saturday statement announcing his…
LAGOS OCTOBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A worker who was trapped after part of a medieval tower collapsed in the heart of Rome, has died, according to hospital officials. Octay Stroici was pulled free at 23:00 local time (22:00 GMT), nearly twelve hours after a section of the Torre dei Conti, on the edge of the famous…
