LAGOS APRIL 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The FIFA Congress on Thursday, during its 72nd congress, 2022, meeting confirmed the suspension of two African countries, Kenya and Zimbabwe, from all football activities. The Council took the decision in February citing government interference. DAILY POST reports that the 72nd FIFA Congress, 2022, meeting was held in Doha, Qatar. During the…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested the General Overseer of Christ Living Hope Church, Rev. Ugochukwu Emmanuel Ekwem, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport for drug peddling The cleric was arrested while on his way to a three-week crusade in Nairobi, Kenya, with 54 sticks of drugs wrapped around his…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police has arrested a 23-year-old man, Mark Njuguna, for allegedly killing his four-month-old son in Gatanga Murang’a, Kenya. In a video that has gone viral, the suspect is seen physically assaulting his wife Mary Muthoni, using a belt while their baby is crying on the floor. The suspect later grabbed the infant, who he claims…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 23 people have drowned after a bus travelling to a wedding plunged into a flooded river in Kenya. Video footage shows the bus was swept away after the driver tried to cross fast-flowing water over a bridge in the Enziu River, about 200km (125 miles) east of the Kenyan capital,…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s former president, Goodluck Jonathan, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), may have deliberately avoided the just-concluded PDP National Convention in Abuja. Mr Jonathan said on Friday he was leaving Abuja on Saturday for Nairobi, Kenya, to attend the African Union retreat on the promotion of peace, security…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Witnesses to the shocking public kidnapping of Nigerian and British national Nnamdi Kanu—head of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group—told The Daily Beast that the separatist leader was stepping out of his car at an airport when a group of heavily armed men forcefully seized him to arrange his transfer to…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS0-Britain has asked Nigeria to explain where and how Nnamdi Kanu, a separatist leader who holds British citizenship, was arrested after Kanu’s lawyer alleged he had been detained and mistreated in Kenya before being sent back to Nigeria. Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group which wants part of…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Kingdom Parliament is set to commence a debate on the repatriation of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), had, last week, revealed that Kanu was repatriated and subsequently arraigned him. However, Malami did not reveal where the IPOB leader…
