http://ift.tt/2vIzfYi LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWRANGERS) — An Atlanta rapper who previously claimed to have been shot on at least 11 different occasions — and who in December, after being wounded, proclaimed “God made me bulletproof” — was shot and killed Sunday, reports CBS affiliate WGCL-TV. Jibril Abdur-Rahman, 28, who was better known as Yung Mazi,…
http://ift.tt/2ujO1Bp LAGOS JULY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), a group for the highest strata of Nigerian media professionals in online publishing, has secured firm assurances of the presence of eminent Nigerians at its conference. Themed: “Sustaining Growth through Diversification of the Economy,” the conference will hold on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at…
http://ift.tt/2hEWtta LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 31 fishermen have been killed by Boko Haram jihadists in two separate attacks on islands in Lake Chad in northeastern Nigeria, fishermen and vigilantes fighting the Islamists told AFP late Monday. Armed jihadists stormed the fishing islands of Duguri and Dabar Wanzam in the freshwater lake Saturday, attacking fishermen…
http://ift.tt/2uAr0t9 LAGOS AUGUST 7H (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a Dubai-bound Nigerian, Yasir Salihu Abdullahi who had in his bag, 849 Automated Teller Machine cards of various Nigerian banks. The EFCC snoopers have begun interrogating the man to find out how he came about the cards and the reason he was taking…
http://ift.tt/2uAhPcl LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Report reaching us has revealed that gunmen on Monday morning abducted 15 occupants of a Lagos-bound bus belonging to God is Good Motors. The passengers and driver according to our source were reportedly ordered out of the vehicle before they were marched into the bush. The hoodlums had taken over the…
http://ift.tt/2vIIQ23 LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Yusuf Halilu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has issued an ex-parte order directing that the Paris-London Club Refund bank accounts of Abia, Cross River, and Delta states be frozen. The accounts to be frozen are listed as follows: Abia state Paris and London Club Debit Refund, 1019892950,…
http://ift.tt/2vfogDx LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian protesters demanded Monday that President Muhammadu Buhari, receiving treatment in London for an undisclosed ailment for more than three months, either return or resign. Buhari left for the British capital on May 7 on what is his latest medical trip, appointing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to act on his behalf….
http://ift.tt/2vxwJ7N Aisha Buhari LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, has returned to London, United Kingdom where her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, has been receiving medical attention since May 7. Our correspondent learnt that Mrs. Buhari returned to the British capital on Sunday, barely three days after she arrived Nigeria. She returned…