LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amid speculations of assassination, the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has taken over the investigation into the circumstances that led to the murder of a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Daniel Adefemi Okunade. Okunade, a top ranking officer in the Internal Audit Department of CBN, was shot…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a recent interview insisted “anyone involved” with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is “serving jail time,” a comment that comes ahead of the five-year anniversary of the murder. When asked in a rare interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier about if any individuals are…
LAGOS JUNE 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Investigators have arrested a church member, Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, of Portsmouth who was alleged to have gunned down a Sayreville Councilwoman and Nigerian pastor, Eunice Dwumfour, 30, in her SUV outside her home in February in New Jersey. New Jersey prosecutors said investigators traced his travels from his cellphone and vehicle…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has condemned the killing of Oyibo Chukwu, the party’s candidate for Enugu east senatorial district. Chukwu was reportedly killed and set ablaze at Amechi Awkunanaw in Enugu south LGA on Wednesday after gunmen opened fire on his convoy. Five of his supporters…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Gregory Obi has finally reacted to the gruesome killing of the Labour Party’s women leader, Mrs. Victoria Chintex. Mrs. Victoria Chintex was on Monday murdered in cold blood at her residence in Kaura Local Government Area of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square on Thursday remanded two boys, Farouk Mohammed, 16, and Kasali Jamiu, 19, at the Special Correctional Centre for Boys, Oregun, and the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, respectively. Justice Sherifat Sonaike remanded them after they were charged with the murder of a Redeemed Christian…
LAGS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Akwa Ibom State High Court, presided by Justice Edem Akpan, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, to death by hanging for murder. The monarch, married to 12 wives and has 60 children, was standing trial on four counts…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has again adjourned till 29th of September for plea taking in the murder trial of four suspects fingered in the killing of one Chidi Onwukwe. Samuel Onwukwe, Andrew Epai Otanye, Blessed Onyekachi, Samuel Emmason Promise George and , are standing trial in charge…
