LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Reverend (Dr) Moses Iloh, the General Overseer of Soul Winning Chapel. President Buhari extends his heartfelt condolences to Rev Iloh’s family, friends, associates and the Christian community in Nigeria, who mourn the demise of an exceptional statesman and religious leader….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Egyptian court on Saturday issued its final verdict upholding death sentences against 75 Muslim Brotherhood members and supporters — including journalists — for their participation in protests following the 2013 ouster of democratically elected President Mohamed Morsy. The mass trial has been widely condemned by human rights organizations, with Amnesty International…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria parents, Titilayo and Kehinde Omosebi, have been arrested by the Reedsburg Police in Wisconsin, US, after their son, Ayanfe, starved to death during a religious fast. According to the Facebook page of Reedsburg Police, the father of the deceased, Kehinde walked into the police station to report that his son had…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for five human rights activists, including a female rights defender, rights groups have said. Israa al-Ghomgham, a Shia activist arrested with her husband in 2015, will be tried in the country’s terrorism tribunal even though charges she faces are only related to peaceful activism, Human…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Christ Chosen Church of God has disowned its suspended pastor, one Ngbeken Elvis, who was reportedly arrested over the death of a 38-year-old mother of four in the Egor Local Government Area of Edo state. It was also gathered that Elvis could face additional sanctions as he had yet to fulfil…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Segun Daniel, a 29-year-old farmer has allegedly beaten his mother-in-law, Mrs Beatrice Lajuwoni, to death at Abusoro village in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the marriage between Daniel and Olamiotan, daughter of the deceased, broke up after producing a child. Sources said the late woman was…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWRANGERS)-An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, remanded a 47-year-old man, Premie Imafidon, for allegedly slapping his wife to death. Imafidon is facing a one-count charge of murder. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Maria Dauda, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 15 around 7.00 pm at…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 38-year-old mother of three has been killed by her lover, Osaremwinda Omobude Idumwonyi, 46, after he allegedly found male condoms inside her handbag in Benin City, the Edo State capital. It was gathered that the victim identified as Gladys Okoh, who had been separated with her husband, was stabbed with a…
