LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kogi State Police Command said Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the suspected killer of photo-journalis,t Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, has allegedly committed suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this on Thursday in Lokoja. Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was discovered in a hotel room in Lokoja, hours after police launched a manhunt for…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman identified as Benita Lurk Ikuenobe has been found dead in a suspected case of suicide inside the auditorium of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles (MFM) Prayer City. Naija News understands that the 41-year-old woman allegedly committed suicide at the Prayer City camp located along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. According to Zagazola…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports have emerged that Edoardo De Laurentiis, the vice-president of Napoli and son of the president Aurelio De Laurentiis, has been subjected to death threats linked to the transfer of Victor Osimhen to Galatasaray. According to Turkish journalist Samet Çayir, a series of WhatsApp messages were disclosed, showing communications between a purported…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS-3) student has been arrested in Oju Local Government Area of Benue State for allegedly beating his teacher to death during a dispute over a seized school cap. The incident occurred on Thursday at UBE Secondary School, Oju Centre. The student, identified as 16-year-old Friday Ogamude, was…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Former President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly been sick and only recently discharged from an intensive care unit (ICU) in a United Kingdom (UK) hospital. According to Empowered Newswire, a close relative of the former president said he took ill in London during a medical check-up trip. The report said Buhari was…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) collaborated and stole N1 million from Oke Adhekegba, a Nigerian returning from the United States of America (USA), on May 16. Adhekegba arrived at the airport from the US on a British Airways flight on that day…
By Emmanuel Udom LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Area Boy allegedly stabbed a female trader and POS operator at Ifo market in Ogun state to death for refusing to give him money for sallah celebration. NewsRangers learnt that the area boy (name withheld) approached the lady at her shop located in front of the market, opposite…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has reportedly turned down Nigerian music superstar Burna Boy’s offer to host a free concert in the West African country. According to reports by Burkina Faso-based media outletTrulilgramon Instagram, Burna Boy had proposed the concert via his secondary Instagram account, expressing a desire to perform for…