LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Faye, aged 44, made a triumphant return to the political arena just 10 days after his release from prison, where he had been held alongside other political detainees. The inauguration ceremony, attended by several African leaders, including those from the new town of Diamniadio near the capital Dakar, witnessed Faye’s solemn pledge…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-After reportedly persuading Neymar’s father to pay his €1 million (£850,00/$1.09m) bail, Dani Alves is set to be released from prison this week. Marca claims that Neymar’s father has consented to cover the bond needed to release Alves from custody. The former Barcelona full-back was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Social media – especially Twitter – was taken over on the night of Saturday (March 9) by the information that Daniel Alves had passed away. The former football player is in prison in Spain and was recently sentenced to four years and six months for rape. The news of the Brazilian’s death,…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Dhaka court sentenced Muhammad Yunus — who won the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering microloans to some of Bangladesh’s poorest — to 6 months in jail for labor law violations. A labor inspector had found that employees of Grameen Telecom, of which Yunus, 83, is chairman, were denied benefits including leave…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oscar Pistorius, the former South African runner who competed in both the Olympics and Paralympics, was ordered to be released from prison Friday, more than 10 years after he shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at his home. Pistorius is now set to be released from a South African prison on…
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seun Kuti, the Grammy-nominated afrobeat artist, has spoken out for the first time since his release from police custody. According to Gistlover, the singer was granted bail on Tuesday after being arrested at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 34-year-old man allegedly shot and killed his parents and their two friends at a home in Bowdoin, Maine, days after his release from prison, authorities said. Around 9:21 a.m. Tuesday, four people were found shot dead at the home: 72-year-old Robert Eger, 62-year-old Patricia Eger and 62-year-old Cynthia Eaton were found…
LAGOS MARCH 21STH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services, DSS, has apprehended an inmate described as “a slim young man” after a major operation at the Kirikiri prison in Apapa, Lagos. DAILY POST exclusively reported how a large number of officers stormed the penitentiary last week in search of the fellow threatening one of the Vice…