LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu is scheduled for an emergency hearing tomorrow (Thursday) that could lead to his release on bail. SaharaReporters exclusively learnt on Wednesday that the hearing could open the door for Kanu’s release on bail. This was confirmed exclusively to SaharaReporters by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 24 hours after Obinna Iyiegbu, better known as Obi Cubana, was arrested in Abuja by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the businessman has regained his freedom. A social media user, Instigator_ph, disclosed this via Instagram on Tuesday. “Thank u Jesus!! @obi_cubana is free. We gat Jesus!!! . Dis Dance…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight of the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, have regained their freedom after spending 61 arduous days in the custody of the Department of State Services. DSS released the eight detainees on Monday, While their lawyer Pelumi Olajengbesi, confirmed to our correspondent. However the DSS refused to release four…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kaduna state chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Joseph Hayab, is quoted to have disclosed that some of the abducted students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have been released after 20 days in captivity. Online media platform, TheCable, reported Hayab to have said this on Sunday. A total of…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in a stunning reversal of fortune for the comedian once known as “America’s Dad,” ruling that the prosecutor who brought the case was bound by his predecessor’s agreement not to charge Cosby. Cosby, 83, flashed the…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Examinations Council on Thursday said 26,277 out of the 39,503 candidates who sat for its 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for external candidates obtained five credits and above including in English Language and Mathematics. The board’s Registrar, Prof Godswill Obioma, disclosed this at the council headquarters in Minna, Niger State,…
LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-All students kidnapped from their boarding school in Zamfara state have been released and have arrived on government premises, the governor of the state told AFP Tuesday. “I am happy to announce that the girls are free,” Dr. Bello Matawalle told an AFP journalist. “They have just arrived in the government house and…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joe Ligon was just 15 when he joined a pack of drunk teenagers on a robbery and assault spree that left two people dead and six others stabbed. Illiterate and poor, Ligon pled guilty to two counts of first-degree murder, though he long claimed he didn’t take part in the murders. He…