LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola, better known by his stage name Naira Marley, has admitted he broke coronavirus lockdown rules when he travelled to the capital, Abuja, for a concert. That event was in June when all non-essential travel was banned to prevent the spread of the virus. The musician was arrested on…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nollywood actor, Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Abdul-Rasheed Bello (JJC), have been sentenced to 14-day community service for contravening the lockdown order in Lagos State. In a verdict by the Magistrate, they are also to pay a fine of N100, 000. The couple violated the Lagos State Infectious Disease(Emergency Prevention) Regulation 2020,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Justice Mohammed Idris of a Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, to 12 years’ imprisonment. This was after the court found Kalu, and two others guilty of N7.65billion fraud. Mr Kalu’s co-defendants are his firm, Slok Nigeria Limited and Mr Udeh Udeogu,…
LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWRANGERS)-A former Congolese rebel leader has been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Fighters loyal to Bosco Ntaganda carried out gruesome massacres of civilians, said judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ntaganda, nicknamed “Terminator”, was convicted on 18 counts including murder, rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers….
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Plateau State Governor Joshua Dariye is reportedly down with kidney failure. According to The Nation, Dariye is hospitalised at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada. Dariye was sent to a 14-year jail term (later reduced to 10 years) by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court presided over by Justice…