LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A popular businessman, Prince Bankole Adepegba, also known as “Ade Bendel,” who was abducted in IIara town in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State has regained his freedom after the payment of a ransom amounting to N300 million. The gunmen stormed the community at about 11 pm on Wednesday, April 30,…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Barcelona and Brazil soccer player Dani Alves has won his appeal against a rape conviction, with a Spanish court overturning the ruling on Friday. Alves was found guilty in February 2024 of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub bathroom and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison. Alves has always…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Police Force has granted the detained national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure bail. Abure was arrested on Wednesday in Benin City, the Edo State capital by operatives of Zone 5 Police headquarters, following a petition forwarded to the zone from the office of the Inspector General of Police…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An Indian woman, Barnali Baruah Saikia, who was held captive by a Nigerian man and his accomplice in Lagos, was rescued and brought to her country this week. Barnali, a boxer and fitness coach from Guwahati, Assam, was held captive by the Nigerian national identified simply as King, for 14 days when she…