LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), has slammed N1bn suit against renowned cleric, Pastor Paul Rika, of the Holiness Revival Ministry Worldwide for allegedly defaming him in a book he authored. Danjuma, through his counsel, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), gave the preacher seven days to withdraw the defamatory statements…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trending video online shows the moment popular singer Davido’s father, Adedeji Adeleke donates the sum of 1 billion naira to a church. It is no doubt that the Adeleke family are well-known for their philanthropic deeds, and this has repeatedly been shown by the famous singer, Davido. Davido’s father, Adedji who…
LAGOS MMAY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Ambassador to Cape Verde, Justina Eze, has dragged an old-generation bank to court over her box of gold, diamond, coral beads and other materials allegedly kept in the custody of the bank. The jewellery box, valued at about N1 billion, was said to have been kept in the vault of the bank’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Benson Anya of the Abia State High Court has ordered the federal government to pay the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, the sum of N1 Billion over infringement of his fundamental rights. The court said the damages to be paid to Kanu were for the…
LAGOS JUNE 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Committee on Finance, yesterday, heard of how a contractor, whose name was not disclosed, erroneously transferred N1 billion to the account of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) An Assistant Controller General (ACG) in the organisation, Ahmed Magaji, made the disclosure when he appeared before the panel to explain…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Uche Secondus, has demanded N1bn in damages and an apology from a member of the party, Kassim Afegbua, over statements which he said impugned on his integrity. Afegbua was Oshiomhole’s aide when Oshiomhole was the governor of Edo State. Secondus asked Afegbua to pay…
LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A transborder drug trafficker, 36-year-old Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu has been arrested in Sokoto by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, while trying to cross to Algeria through the Niger Republic with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine weighing 1.550kg, which has an estimated street value…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Emmanuel Omale, founder of Divine Hand of God Prophetic Ministries International, Abuja, has threatened to file a suit against NAN over a report that he helped Ibrahim Magu, suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) acquire a property in Dubai. NAN had published a report of the Presidential…