LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected two key demands Hamas has made during indirect cease-fire talks, saying Israel will not withdraw from the Gaza Strip or release thousands of jailed militants. During an event Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu again vowed that the war would not end without Israel’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Police Command says its operatives attached to the Tafa Divisional Headquarters have arrested a suspected kidnapper and recovered N2.3m as share of the ransom collected from victims. This was according to the command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement in Kaduna on Thursday. He also said…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic Community of West African States has rejected the Niger junta’s objective for a transition of power presumably to a democratic government within three years. “Our ambition is not to confiscate power,” the Head of the military junta, General Abdourahamane Tiani said in a televised address. Any transition of power “would…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senators have rejected the request by President Bola Tinubu for permission to deploy Nigerian troops to Niger Republic as part of an ECOWAS force to reinstate the democratically elected president of the country, President Mohamed Bazoum was deposed on 26 July in a coup led by his presidential guards. ECOWAS leaders at…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kylian Mbappe has turned down his proposed £260 million switch to Saudi Arabia, with sources close to talks increasingly convinced he has agreed terms to join Real Madrid next year. The forward is said to have refused discussion with Al-Hilal representatives who were expected in France after being given permission by Paris…
LAGOS MAY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable has revealed he rejected N5 million to perform at the ‘Renewed Hope’ concert held in celebration of the forthcoming inauguration of President-elect, Bola Tinubu. Recall the concert was held at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Thursday with a display of performances from top…
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chief Magistrate Court in Yaba, Lagos has granted bail to Afrobeat musician, Seun Kuti. The court also ordered the Nigerian police to finish their investigation into the alleged assault of a policeman in 48 hours and allow Kuti to go home. “The court grants police 48 hours to complete ‘their investigations’…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Cross River Governor, Donald Duke on Wednesday said the United States government has sanctioned some Justices in Nigeria. Duke made the comment in Lagos at the launch of a memoir of retired Justice Charles Archibong. He served on the bench of the Federal High Court from 2002 to 2013. The politician…