LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, national president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), says Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, lacks the constitutional power to suspend the union’s operations in the state. On Thursday, the Osun governor ordered the immediate suspension of all NURTW activities in motor parks…
LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it will appeal the life imprisonment handed down to three men convicted over their alleged involvement in the abduction of school pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The secret police said it was dissatisfied with the judgment, arguing that…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Monday upheld the judgement restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising state congresses organised by committees appointed by the David Mark-led caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). In a 2-1 judgement of its three-member panel, the Court of Appeal held that…
LAGOS APRIL 17TH (URHOBOTODAY)-World Athletics has rejected the applications of 11 elite athletes to switch their nationality to Turkey. The governing body said the requests were “part of a coordinated recruitment strategy” by the country’s government “to attract overseas athletes through lucrative contracts”. The 11 athletes included five Kenyans – including former women’s marathon world…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The US president took to his social media platform Truth Social to say the US did not need the UK’s two aircraft carriers in the Middle East. “The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada has denied 1,596 asylum claims filed by Nigerians so far in 2025, fresh data from the Immigration and Refugee Board show. Sunday PUNCH reports that the figures, updated to August 21, indicate that Nigerian nationals filed 3,548 claims so far this year, of which 2,292 were accepted. This puts the acceptance…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has revealed why he rejected Paris Saint-Germain’s €200m bid for Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, citing a promise made to head coach Antonio Conte, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. De Laurentiis told Corriere della Sera that PSG had offered more than €200m for the pair as a…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s richest man reveals touching moment as Davido chose love and family over money at his star-studded wedding to Chioma. Nigerian superstar Davido has shown the world that some things are worth more than money after he reportedly turned down a jaw-dropping $2.1 million wedding gift from his godfather, Africa’s richest man,…
