LAGOS SEPTEMBER 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the Saturday gubernatorial election in Edo State, Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, has vowed that the electorate would make it difficult for those plotting to rig the election. Obi spoke on Wednesday in Benin at the grand finale rally for Olumide Akpata, LP candidate…
LAGOS DECEMBR 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be identified wheelbarrow pusher has allegedly stabbed a tax collector to death in Benin City, Edo State before killing himself. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday on Mission road in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. The incident caused pandemonium among residents and shop owners who hurriedly closed shops….
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, SAN, has declared interest in political party participation as he formerly joined the opposition Labour Party of Nigeria (LP). Videos and pictures of Olumide attending LP’s ward meeting in Benin City, Edo state on Monday were shared on his Twitter…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen have assassinated a popular community leader at a church in Edo State. It was gathered that the assailants invaded the church located in a boundary between Amagba and Evbukhu near Benin City on Sunday, July 9, 2023, and killed the victim identified as Solomon Ehinoma. According to the Standard Gazette,…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking has arrested a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby. It was reported that the suspects allegedly sold the baby to fund their drug addiction. The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A retired boxing coach, Scott Eguabor, has punched his brother-in-law, Sunday Okoro, to death in Benin, the Edo State capital. The incident happened when the ex-boxer was attempting to resolve a marital problem between his younger sister, a judoka, and her husband. Eguabor is in charge of boxing in the state sports…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man identified as Akugbe Ogbidi has been shot dead in Benin City, Edo State, by gunmen suspected to be hired killers. The victim, an indigene of Obazagbon near Benin city, was at a party in Benin on Saturday, January 14, 2023, when he received a telephone call. He left the party and went…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was a mild drama, on Thursday when one Osaro Nappiar, an Edo resident, identified his mother’s corpse at an uncompleted building at Ekenhua road in Benin City. The man was among those who visited the site when the operatives of the Edo State Police Command were cordoning off the building, residents…