LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian general who led a suppression of opposition activists shot himself in the head after being sacked by Vladimir Putin. Maj Gen Vladimir Makarov, 72, was found by his wife Valentina with gunshot wounds just weeks after he was fired by the Russian president in late January. Police have ruled that…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal has set aside a judgment of the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, Ogun State, ordering the conduct of fresh primaries by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The Ibadan division of the appeal court gave the ruling on Monday. PREMIUM TIMES had reported that Justice O…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A sacked Area pastor of Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel) in Palm Street Extension, Atakpa, Calabar South local government area of Cross River State, Dominion Esang Winner, has dragged the church to the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NIC), Calabar Judicial Division, for unlawful dismissal from the ministry. Esang, a graduate…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Chief Imam of the Apo Legislative Quarters Mosque, Sheikh Muhammad Khalid, has been appointed to lead another Juma’at mosque in Abuja. This is coming barely 24 hours after the Imam was sacked by the Apo mosque steering committee over a sermon that criticised the government’s failure to stop insecurity in the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has said that the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono and his Power counterpart, Saleh Mamman, were sacked in a bid to reinvigorate his cabinet and consolidate legacy achievements. Buhari also hinted that the contributions of the ministers could be considered “weak”. “These significant review steps…
LAGOS APRIL 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tottenham have sacked Jose Mourinho after 17 months in charge, the club have confirmed. Spurs announced the decision on Monday morning, less than 12 hours after confirming they will be founder members of a new European Super League alongside five other English clubs including Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy said: “Jose and…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Editor-in-chief of The Nation Adeniyi Adesina has said that the newspaper cannot recall journalists who were sacked recently. “The issue here is that we find ourselves in a systemic situation that some people were laid off. It is uncontrollable,” he said on Wednesday when a chairmanship candidate of Lagos State Council, Nigeria…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has fired Joram Gumbo (pictured), his minister of energy and power development, over “poor electricity supply” across the country. According to BBC, Zimbabwe is experiencing the worst electricity blackouts since 2016. This is coming after the minister had licenced over 30 companies to provide solar power to…