LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leader of Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Dr Emeka Ezeugo, popularly called Rev King, a convict awaiting execution for the murder of a church member, has joined the 2019 Presidential race from prison, according to his members still milling around the Ajao Estate, Lagos base of the now depopulated church. Residents of the…
LAGOS AUGUST 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has confirmed the death of a former Assistant Controller-General of Prisons, Nanvyet Gwali. The Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Francis Enobore, confirmed the death of Gwali in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Enobore said that Gwali was murdered by yet to be identified gunmen…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday said it has detained five PDP chieftains in the state for interrogation over the killing of one Mr Borishade Adeniyi, Chairman , PDP Apapa Chapter. The arrest was confirmed by the command’s spokesman, CSP Chike Oti in a statement, stressing that what was supposed to…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A General Court-Martial (GCM) set up by the Nigerian Army has sentenced 13 soldiers to death and life imprisonment for offences ranging from manslaughter, murder, torture to assault and arson. This is even as the army has reiterated its commitment in the fight against terrorism in the North East, and other internal…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Executive Director, Sales and Marketing of Globacom, Okon Iyanam, was Wednesday night murdered in his hotel in Mowe, Ogun State by unknown gunmen. He was specifically identified by the gunmen and shot pointblank in the neck region. He died instantly. Below is how the killers gunned down a high flyer…
LAGOS JUN 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British couple have been found dead near their home in Jamaica in what local police are treating as a suspected double-murder. Charlie Anderson, a 74-year-old Windrush migrant had retired to Jamaica from Manchester with his wife Gayle, 71, just 12 months ago. The couple’s bodies were discovered ‘partially burned’ and with…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A survivor, families of the disappeared and human rights organizations are seeking the extradition and prosecution in Ghana of Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh for allegedly ordering the killing of more than 50 West African migrants in 2005. The murdered migrants are from Ghana, Nigeria and other West African countries. Human Rights…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar on Wednesday sentenced a retired worker of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Godwin Elewana, to death by hanging. Elewana was found guilty of the murder of the 22-year-old boyfriend of his daughter, Douglas Ojugbo. He killed Ojugbo on March 10, 2015 over suspicion that…
