LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Garda Ombudsman investigators are to examine a video capturing the fatal Garda shooting of a man in his front garden in west Dublin on Wednesday. George Nkencho (27) was shot at least three times by members of the Blanchardstown Armed Support Unit (ASU) while allegedly brandishing a knife and threatening gardaí. A […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged Nigerians to shun ethnic, tribal and religious sentiments, and focus on competence and credibility, when electing leaders into public offices, saying that the country has continued to suffer under the burden of poor […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), on Tuesday, issued fresh guidelines for applicants to obtain their National Identification Number (NIN). NIMC spokesman, Kayode Adegoke, made this known in a statement titled, ‘NIMC Adopts Booking System For NIN Enrolment’. The statement partly read, “Mindful of the second wave of the COVID-19 which continues […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has proposed a bill that will legalise the cultivation, sale and use of cannabis better known as marijuana or Indian hemp in Nigeria. The bill, which has already been read the first time and was slated for second reading before the House proceeded on Christmas and New Year […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Paraguayan national team striker Raúl Bobadilla is facing a slap on the, er, wrist from soccer officials in the South American country after appearing to expose part of his penis while celebrating a goal. After his 86th-minute strike on Dec. 23 sealed a win for Guarani over Primera Division rival Libertad, Bobadilla […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa/Rivers state border community, Mbiama in the Ahoada West council area of Rivers state was agog penultimate Monday when the ancient and commercial nerve border community between Bayelsa and Rivers state enthroned a new Paramount ruler as a custodian of the culture and tradition of the Engenni. This is coming as the […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate Committee on Public Accounts has exposed how the Ministry of Defence paid N968.8 million for the production and supply of medals and ribbons for the Armed Forces to celebrate an Independence Anniversary without approval from the Federal Executive Council and the Ministerial Tenders Board. The 2015 Audit Report by the […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A courageous female Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Ann, has reportedly disarmed two robbery suspects in the Uhogua community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Uhogua community, located down the Upper Siluko Road end of Benin City, plays host to the Home for the Needy International Christian […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As 2020 draws to a close, it is time to remember some of the iconic figures on the African continent who died this year. Here is a look back at 10 of those to whom we have said farewell from the worlds of football, science, music, business, medicine, politics, activism and the […]
LAGOS DECEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria faces oxygen supply challenges to treat coronavirus patients in parts of the country and unacceptable laboratory delays as case numbers rose to the highest recorded in a single week, health authorities said on Tuesday. The new warnings from Nigerian officials come as the resurgent virus strikes across much of the world, […]
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