LAGOS NOVEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi has condemned the “inhumane treatment” of protesters, including minors, brought to the court. Obi said that the constitution in a democratic dispensation allows the people to protest against bad governance that is affecting their livelihood. The Labour Party leader…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The President of the Confederation of Africa ( CAF), Patrice Motsepe, has, for the first time, spoken on the Libya vs Nigeria, Africa Cup of Nations Cup ( AFCON) qualifier game. Patrice Motsepe was speaking in a press conference where he condemned the situation that happened to the Super Eagles of Nigeria…
LAGOS AUGUST 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Bedouin Arab hostage rescued from an underground tunnel in Gaza said one of his fellow detainees died next to him during his time in captivity, a former Israeli official said. Kaid Farhan Elkadi was rescued on Tuesday in a “complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip”, the Israeli military said. Mr…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Shahida Raza, a Pakistani professional hockey player who died when the boat she was on was wrecked off the coast of Italy on Sunday, had been trying to reach Italy to get medical treatment for her three-year-old son, her sister has told the BBC. Saadia Raza said her older sister called from…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari, has been flown to the United Kingdom in a wheelchair. Yari was in a bad shape medically when he was brought to the airport ahead of the six-hour-long flight to the UK on a British Airways aircraft. “Yari is flying to UK on British…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Rivers State at the weekend as the police denied storming hideout of some of the fleeing wounded gunmen in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, killing four of them and a female nurse. It was earlier gathered that a tactical team of the Nigerian Police carried out the…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has contracted the deadly coronavirus, the State’s Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, said in a statement. The Governor’s sample, which was taken twice, returned negative Tuesday and then a second sample test Thursday confirmed he had contracted the disease. The statement said: “Recall that on…
LAGOS MAY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Special Assistant to the President on Digital/New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has knocked a former presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, for revealing the treatment he underwent for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Since been discharged on Tuesday alongside his wife, Aduralere, Mr Okupe has been sharing his story on Twitter. In reaction to one of his…