LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Airways (BA) flight from London to Abuja was forced to make an emergency diversion to Barcelona, Spain, after Prof. Osita Obierika, died mid-air. Obierika, a retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), was a former Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Training Command, Kaduna and a directing…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWRANGERS)-The cost of acquiring land in Lagos’ prime coastal development, Eko Atlantic, has soared from approximately N180 million in the early 2000s to over N2 billion per plot, according to the third edition of the State of Lagos Housing Market report. The report, released by the Roland Igbinoba Real Foundation for Housing…
LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former England and Gladiators star John Fashanu is on police bail after being arrested over a land dispute. The 62-year-old, who featured for the likes of Wimbledon and Aston Villa, is accused of criminal conspiracy, threat to life, intimidation, trespass, and obtaining by false pretence in Nigeria, where he now resides. Fashanu denies…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President, Muhammadu Buhari, has said that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, did not revoke any of his (Buhari’s) lands in Abuja. Buhari, who made the denial in a statement issued on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, also denied ownership of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Super Eagles have landed safely in Kano, completed immigration formalities, and are set for onward flights to Abuja and Lagos. This was disclosed by the Super Eagles Captain, William Troost-Ekong on his X page, he said: “Back home safe & sound. Proud of this team, NAIJA SPIRIT can’t be broken. “Throw…
LAGOS DECEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The young men from Guinea had decided it was time to leave their impoverished homeland in West Africa. But instead of seeking a new life in Europe, where so many African migrants have settled, they set out for what has become a far safer bet of late: the United States. “Getting into…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police from Special Fraud Unit, PSFU, Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, arraigned Edu Oluwasesan and Adeyemi Abass, before a Lagos Federal High Court, on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, forgery, obtained by false pretence and fraud of N25 million. The two men, according to the prosecutor, Mr. Justine Enang, conspired among themselves and…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I was amused when I read of HRM Ogiame Atuwase III, donation of 52 hectares of land to 90 Amphibious Battalion of the Nigerian Army for the construction of a barracks accommodation for officers and men of the battalion in Koko, Warri North Local Government Area of…