LAGOS MAY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Spanish judge on Tuesday denied Brazil defender Dani Alves’s second bail request while the footballer awaits trial for alleged rape. The 40-year-old was detained in January after he was accused of raping a young woman in the bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub late last year. The former Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain star will…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (EWSRANGERS)-US President Joe Biden has bizarrely said he couldn’t attend King Charles III’s coronation due to an interview at MSNBC that aired Friday night, hours before the historic event. Speaking to anchor Stephanie Ruhle, Mr Biden claimed that he rejected King Charles’ invitation and said: “I told him I couldn’t be there…
LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Association Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA) has rejected the 20 percent reduction in tariff being put forward by the two handling companies in the aviation industry, Skyway Aviation Handling Company SAHCO and Nigerian Aviation Handling Company NAHCO. At a meeting held Tuesday to resolve the issues between the agents and the…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has again returned the Customs and Excise Management Act amendment bill to the National Assembly for the second time. The bill, which was sent to the president for assent in July 2022 was first returned with fundamental observations which were corrected by the lawmakers and returned to him. The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ruling All Progressives (APC) is pushing for the postponement of the 2023 general elections by a minimum of four weeks. Credible sources in the party informed DAILY INDEPENDENT that the move is being spearheaded by Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. However, the Atiku Abubakar Presidential Campaign Council has rejected the…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on new naira re-design and naira swap policy has added a new twist to the controversy surrounding the deadline for the validity of old notes by rejecting the ten days extension granted by the Central Bank of Nigeria for the exchange. The committee described the extension…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has described the judgement of the governorship tribunal as ” a miscarriage of justice”, vowing to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. Reacting to the verdict of the Tribunal from his country home, Ede, Governor Adeleke faulted the resolution of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is…