LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lautaro Martinez scored a 92nd-minute winner as Lionel Messi inspired World Cup holders Argentina to a stunning comeback to beat England 2-1 on Wednesday and set up a final with European champions Spain. England had been on course to reach their first World Cup final since 1966 after Anthony Gordon fired…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The news of the arrest of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General of the fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) broke on Tuesday few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his arrest. Adeyemi was smoked out and arrested from his hideout in Osun State by operatives of the Intelligence…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has narrated how suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as Yahoo Boys, allegedly stole over N7.2 million from a serving judge’s bank account in the middle of the night. Olukoyede said the money represented six years of savings the judge had kept…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has said that tackling the education crisis in Nigeria must involve a fundamental structural change, not just policy Obi wrote on his X handle on Friday that the educational crisis in Nigeria ‘Calls for Fundamental Change, Not Just…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh details have emerged on the final moments of former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd.), with sources claiming the retired military officer died in the arms of his wife while they were being held captive by bandits in Katsina State. The latest account, reportedly obtained from Hajiya…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have rescued 360 abductees from a heavily fortified Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) enclave in the Mandara Mountains area of southern Borno State. The military described the operation as one of the most significant hostage rescue missions conducted in…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The defection of Peter Obi and Rabiu Kwankwaso from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) last month has reshaped Nigeria’s political contest, particularly in the North-west geopolitical zone. This region has been a stronghold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), where it has won the presidential…
LAGOS JUNE 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers who appeared in a viral video openly brandishing AK-47 rifles, ammunition, and walkie-talkies while dressed in military camouflage. Confirming the development to journalists, the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, stated that he ordered an immediate forensic analysis into…