LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-More than three years after the UK’s in/out referendum, the country’s membership of the EU ends. The United Kingdom has left the European Union, after 47 years of membership. After a 2016 referendum of UK voters resulted in a 52-48 percent win for the “leave” campaign, the country’s membership officially ceased at…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has been able to secure commercial deals worth over ₦153.4billion from the inaugural UK-Africa Investment Summit which was held in London. President Muhammadu Buhari, who led a delegation from Nigeria, held meetings with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. In a statement on…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-British boxer Anthony Joshua has been pictured prostrating before Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in London. Joshua, who is of Nigerian descent, also told the gathering he would “stand up for Nigeria” whenever it was needed. The pictures have had a mixed response on social media, with critics of Mr Buhari angry that…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Michael Etuhu, elder brother of former Super Eagles defensive midfielder Dickson Etuhu, has been handed a 10 year jail term for allegedly masterminding kidnapping and torture for ransom. Michael who is a football agent, was accused of arranging the kidnap and torture of a major drug dealer and father of one, Haider…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four Nigerian stowaways arrested in the UK in 2018 December have been jailed for a total of seven years. While on the ship, they hurled faeces at elite SBS sailors and vowed to infect them with HIV during a tense stand-off in the Thames Estuary. The stowaways also threatened to kill crew…
LAGOS DECEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-UK Charity Commission has indicted the board of trustees of United Kingdom (UK) branch of Christ Embassy, founded by Pastor Chris Oyakhilome of a wide range of fraudulent practices including illegally paying more than N827 million (£1,767,250) to entities and organisations it shares close relationships with. This is coming after a five-year-long…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A first-class passenger of Virgin Atlantic airline selflessly gave up his seat for an 88-year-old woman to enjoy his first class priviledges. Last week, a Virgin Atlantic airline attendant, Leah Amy took to her social media page to share the story of her new “favorite” passengers: a kindhearted man and the elderly…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-SPAC Nation, a church being led by a Nigerian Tobi Adegboyega is being investigated in Britain over allegations that pastors were pressuring young members to sell their blood and also take bank loans to donate to the church and fund the lavish lifestyle of the pastors. The Charity Commission said it has…