LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A leading woman boxer has been arrested in Switzerland on suspicion of killing her husband, according to reports on Monday. Viviane Obenauf, a three-time challenger for world boxing titles, is reportedly being held on suspicion of beating her husband to death with a blunt object. The 34-year-old Ms Obenauf was born in…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Marseille manager, Andres Villas-Boas, has called on the world football governing body FIFA, to retire the no.10 shirt in honour of the late Diego Maradona. Maradona, who is widely considered the greatest footballer of all-time, died on Wednesday afternoon at the age of 60. His health has been in decline in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, on Monday, lost his 13-year-old daughter, Aishah Isa Ali. Announcing the sad incident via his official Twitter handle @DrIsaPantami, the minister stated that the funeral prayer for the deceased will be conducted in Abuja on Tuesday at Annur Masjeed, Wuse 2. “Due…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Whenever the name KIRIKIRI comes to my hearing, I quickly feel melted within me as I carefully imagine what the inmates in the prison would be experiencing at the very moment. Kirikiri happens to be a rural area in the Amuwo-Odofin LGA of Lagos State. The prison we’re talking about gained its…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has condoled with the Catholic Bishop of Awgu Diocese, Most Rev J. I. Okoye, over the road accident that painfully claimed the lives of some staff and students of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu recently….
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Crowds took to the streets again in Nigeria’s largest cities on Monday as the death toll rose in snowballing protests sparked by police brutality. Amnesty International said five people had died since the start of the weekend, taking the overall number of fatalities to 15 since demonstrations against abuses erupted this…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the House of Representatives, Nicholas Garba Sarkin Noma reportedly escaped death when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle. The spokesperson for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state, Abraham Alberah Catoh, said the attack occurred along the Kwoi-Fadan Kagoma road on Saturday, October 3, The Sun reported. Sarkin…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS) A 21-year-old man, Onyeamachi Mmaju, has stabbed his landlord dead for allegedly cautioning him against bringing too many women to the compound. Mr. Nonso Umeadi Oyiboka was stabbed several times before he gave up the ghost. Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Haruna Mohammed, said: “On Wednesday, October 6,…