LAGOS FEBRUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A police inspector, Oluwadare Nelson Badejo aka Dare, attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Ikeja, Lagos State Police Command, has fled to Canada after allegedly defrauding several police personnel and civilians of over N48 million for visas. Some angry policemen said Dare used to travel frequently to London and even told them…
LAGOS JANUARY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)_Iranian protesters and newspapers piled pressure on the country’s leadership and riot police stepped up their presence in Tehran on Sunday after Iran’s military admitted that it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner. Riot police fired teargas at thousands of Iranians who had taken to the streets late on Saturday in…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 300 members of Pastor Paul Adefarasin’s House on the Rock Church have reportedly left for greener pastures. According to Opera News on Wednesday, Pastor delivered the news himself in his sermon on the first Sunday of the New Year, held at The Rock Cathedral in Lekki, Lagos. The cleric…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Thursday afternoon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was struck down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile on Wednesday. “We have intelligence from multiple sources…including our own intelligence, that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile,” Trudeau said. “This may well have been unintentional.” Foreign…
LAGOS DECEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Samuel Peter, former WBC heavyweight champion, was on Saturday, December 7, handed perhaps the quickest defeat of his career by Arslanbek Makhmudov. The 39-year-old boxing star was stopped in Canada by unbeaten heavyweight star Makhmudov with a first round knock-out. Samuel, known as Nigerian nightmare, was left reeling into the corner after…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Province Brands of Canada, a leading researcher in cannabinoid science and the developer of first of their kind luxury beverages powered by cannabis, is proud to announce the world’s first beverages brewed from cannabis to Canada market. This is the second patent in progress for Province Brands of Canada. A statement made…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria international Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine has died, the country’s football governing body confirmed on Thursday. According to the NFF, the former Super Falcons forward passed on at the age of 36 following a brief illness on Wednesday. Chiejine had featured for several clubs across Europe, USA before her final professional stint with…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump threatened undefined retaliation Friday against countries and organizations that issue travel warnings on the United States because of gun violence. “If they did that, we’d just reciprocate,” Trump said during a wide-ranging impromptu gaggle with reporters at the White House, en route to fundraisers in New York. He added:…
