LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Donald Trump said the “time for being soft” on illegal immigration is over after the gruesome death of Chandra Nagamallaiah, a motel manager in Dallas who police said was beheaded and killed by an employee in front of his wife and son. Trump highlighted the case in a Sept. 14 post…
LAGOS SEPTEMBR 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Chelsea player has turned down a salary that is around five times more than he currently earns to stay at the club. We’ve seen a pretty hectic transfer window and a hectic deadline day. Even though Chelsea only loaned in a player from Brighton on deadline day, there was plenty going…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has threatened to take legal action against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over Sunday’s raid on its facility. DAILY POST reports that operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, at about 2 a.m on Sunday, stormed the facility and…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Christopher G. Raia, announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging four Ghanaian nationals, ISAAC ODURO BOATENG, a/k/a “Kofi Boat,” INUSAH AHMED, a/k/a…
By Emmanuel Udom LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There are strong indications that Ifo central market in Ogun state,has been placed on red alert, following the planned wake keep for a slain female trader scheduled to hold Thursday, this week. It could be recalled that during the sallah day celebrations this year, one Mrs Blessing Eze, …
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested a 20-year-old university student, Sadiq Abubakar, and two others for allegedly conspiring to steal and sell a tipper truck valued at ₦30 million belonging to his father. According to a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the incident was…
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-CAF has reportedly removed Désiré Noumandiez Doué from his post as Director of Refereeing, following a formal protest by Morocco over officiating in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) final. According to several reports, the move is CAF’s first disciplinary response after widespread criticism of refereeing standards – criticism that…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of Ilaje Road in the Bariga area of Lagos have staged a protest against the recent decision of the Bariga Local Council Development Area, LCDA, to rename the road after music legend, King Sunny Ade. The protest, which took place on Wednesday, drew community members who described the renaming as…