LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Faisal Maina, son of chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, to 24 years imprisonment. Justice Okon Abang found him guilty of the three-count charges, sentencing him in absentia. “The Federal Government shall arrest the convict anywhere found in the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A light aircraft piloted by Romanian billionaire, Dan Petrescu, crashed into an empty office building near Milan on Sunday, killing him, his wife and their son, and all five others aboard, Italian media reported. The single-engine Pilatus PC-12 had taken off from Milan’s Linate airport shortly after 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) headed…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Libyan authorities have released Saadi Gaddafi, a son of the former leader Muammar Gaddafi who was ousted and killed during a 2011 uprising, a Libyan official source and a unity government source said on Sunday. Saadi Gaddafi fled for Niger during the NATO-backed uprising, but was extradited to Libya in 2014 and…
LAGOS AUGUST 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Bandits has Killed Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na Allah, a trained pilot, the first Son of Senator Bala Na’Allah, in his Malali GRA Residence Kaduna today. Senator Na’Allah represents Kebbi South Senatorial seat in the Senate and was the Deputy Majority leader in the Eighth Senate. An aide to Senator Na’Allah, Malam…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 private jets were reported to have brought in dignitaries to Kano for the wedding of President Muhammadu Buhari’s son on Friday. Yusuf, Buhari’s only son, got married to Zahra, daughter of the Emir of Bichi. Daily Trust correspondent counted at least 20 private jets at Mallam Aminu Kano International…
LAGOS AUGUST 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mohammed Fawehinmi, son of the late erudite lawyer and activist Gani Fawehinmi, has died at the age of 52. The younger Fawehinmi died on Wednesday, Qed.ng learnt. “He complained of difficulty in breathing this morning and was taken to the hospital and that was all,” a source said. Mohammed obtained a law…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Magistrate’s Court in Yola on Thursday remanded Aminu Yar’Adua, 36, the son of late former President Musa Yar’Adua, in prison for allegedly killing four people in an auto crash in Yola. Yar’Adua, a student of the American University of Nigeria (AUN) Yola, was charged to court for allegedly causing death by…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A son of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi who vanished six years ago and was thought to have died has reappeared and announced his intention to re-enter politics. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, who is still wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, said he intended to unify Libya at the head…