LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-I write this from a point of pain and gratitude. Pain because of the death of a hardworking and honest man, Rotimi Olaleye, who is both a great father, as attested to by his children who he has been taking care of single handedly since his wife died about five years ago,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bus driver, Ali Isah, has narrated how he escaped gunmen who kidnapped Afenifere Youth Council President, Prince Eniola Ojajuni, last week Monday in Ondo state. In a video exclusively obtained by The Nation, the driver who suffered gunshot injury from the kidnappers said the incident occurred at Akuni, an Ondo bother…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria forward Victor Osimhen says he plans to take legal action against Turkish journalist Tolga Bozduman in the wake of an altercation last week, which led to accusations of physical assault by the striker. Bozduman had accused the Galatasaray striker of assaulting him after the club’s 3-3 draw with Dinamo Kyiv. The…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A man from Ghana has told the BBC how he was seized at gunpoint by jihadists in neighbouring Burkina Faso, before being taken to their vast desert camp where he gained a rare insight into their lives – from the children he believed were trained as suicide bombers, to the tunnels they…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States of America soldier, Dolapo (@MrNigerD on X), has shared a disturbing experience with officers from the Oyo State police command in the early hours of today at a popular nightclub along Ring Road in Ibadan. According to his tweets, Dolapo had just finished clubbing at Lime Lounge and was…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- Party Presidential Candidate in 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has appealed to political leaders, at all levels, to concentrate on maintaining, rehabilitating, and reconstructing existing roads and other infrastructure rather than embarking on new projects that will never be completed. Obi made the appeal on the heels of his sad experience…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rev. Fr. Obiora Ugochukwu, CEO of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, revealed during Peter Obi’s visit to the school that Obi had accidentally overpaid the hospital’s School of Nursing by ₦2.5 million. Obi had pledged ₦20 million to 16 medical institutions, paying in installments, but the hospital received ₦2.5 million extra. Fr….
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bedouin Arab hostage rescued from an underground tunnel in Gaza said one of his fellow detainees died next to him during his time in captivity, a former Israeli official said. Kaid Farhan Elkadi was rescued on Tuesday in a “complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip”, the Israeli military said. Mr…