LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON,Dr Joseph Odumodu has said that the Agency is ready to tackle issues of fake and substandard products coming into Nigeria, with the approval of African Continental Free Trade Agreement, ACFTA, by government. The SON boss made this known through his representative, Engineer Enebi Olutoye…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden , the son of the late al-Qaida leader who had become an increasingly prominent figure in the terrorist organization, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. A statement issued in President Donald Trump’s name gave no further details, such…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Hamza bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden and heir to al Qaeda leadership, is dead, according to media reports. Officials confirmed to The New York Times that the younger bin Laden was killed in the past two years, but that it took time to confirm his death. The United States…
LAGOS JULY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of a director with the Sharia Court of Appeal in Kaduna. The police said the abductors also killed the victim’s son while carrying out the operation on July 24. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo told the News Agency of Nigeria…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Kehinde, who is one of the sons of Reuben Fasoranti, Afenifere leader, has given an account of how Funke Olakunrin, his sister, was killed in Ondo State. It is said that, Olakunrin was killed by persons suspected to be herdsmen while heading to Ore junction from Akure, Ondo State, where she was…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reform and Decongestion has ordered the unconditional release of three family members on death row in Enugu Maximum Prisons. The Chairman of the committee, Justice Ishaq Bello, gave the order on Wednesday during their sitting in Enugu. Bello said that the committee after reviewing the circumstances that…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has alleged that she and her son, Olujonwo, were now living in fear for supporting President Muhammadu Buhari in the last election. Mrs. Obasanjo said she was reliably told that someone, who is not pleased with her decision to support Buhari, had sent assassins…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWRANGERS)-A father has done a remarkable act after successfully rescuing his family from the hands of dreaded kidnappers. A Nigerian dad has become the toast of town after he chased some kidnappers who abducted his wife and sons in Lekki, Lagos. Wavygist Reports. The dad with the Instagram username Ideal Gold, said…