LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Chairman of Accord, Dele Oladeji, has dismissed claims that the party has endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in the 2027 presidential election. Naija News reports that Oladeji, who also serves as Secretary of the Forum of Accord Party Chairmen in Southern Nigeria, described the claim as…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has debunked reports claiming he endorsed President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid ahead of the 2027 presidential election, insisting that he remains above partisan politics. In a statement issued on Tuesday by his media team and signed by Prince Bashir Adefaka, the revered traditional ruler…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police said they have commenced investigation of two men allegedly caught with large amount of money by personnel of the Nigeria Forest Security Service in the Atiba area of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. The men were arrested on Thursday, June 4, 2026, by security operatives in Atiba, Odogbolu Local Government Area of…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-US President Donald Trump has accused CNN of reporting a “false statement” from Iran, allegedly sourced from a Nigerian news outlet, following the announcement of a ceasefire between the US and Iran. The ceasefire deal was revealed roughly two hours before Trump’s deadline to destroy Iranian “civilisation”. “The enemy, in its unfair,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 1,000 Kenyans have been recruited to fight for Russia, according to a Kenyan intelligence report that details a network of rogue officials allegedly colluding with human trafficking syndicates. The report, submitted to parliament on Wednesday by Kenya’s National Intelligence Service (NIS), said 89 Kenyans were on the front lines…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-Clashes between rival jihadist factions in northeast Nigeria have claimed some 200 lives in the restive Lake Chad area, intelligence, militia, and jihadist sources told AFP Monday. Fighting between Boko Haram and rival militants from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group broke out in Dogon Chiku on the shores…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 60-year-old daily wage worker in Tamil Nadu beheaded his wife and another man she was said to be in a relationship with, before surrendering to police carrying their severed heads in bags. The twin murders were committed early on Thursday in Kallakurichi district when the accused, identified as Kolanchi, allegedly caught…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Burkina Faso’s junta has expelled the UN’s top official to the West African nation over a report about children caught up in the jihadist conflict. Carol Flore-Smereczniak was declared “persona non grata” because of her role in drafting the report that came out in March. Covering a two-year period, the study…
