LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The All Progressives Congress (APC) may have been thrown into another round of confusion ahead of the 2019 general elections as posters of Ambassador Babagana Kingibe flood Abuja and other Nigerian cities. This is happening barely a week after former President Olusegun Obasanjo stoked controversy in a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death has been announced of Nollywood actress Nora Nkiruka Ugo. According to reports, she passed on over the weekend in Lagos, while fighting a yet to be disclosed ailment. Meanwhile Ruth Kadiri, other associates mourn her death.
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cameroon’s minister of communications says 47 suspected separatists and leaders of a group that declared the independence of English-speaking regions have been extradited from Nigeria. Issa Tchiroma Bakary said those extradited arrived in Cameroon on Monday. He said among them were Julius Ayuk Tabe, who in October proclaimed himself the president of…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Nigeria’s air force killed at least 35 people in attacks on villages in the northeastern state of Adamawa in December, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. Residents of the villages described being fired upon by a fighter jet and military helicopter as they attempted to flee, at the same time…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The head of the U.S. Consulate in Nigeria’s capital says U.S. support for Nigeria’s economy will continue given the African country’s demographics. United States Consul General F. John Bray spoke with The Associated Press on Monday after participating in the closing gong ceremony at the Nigeria Stock Exchange House in Lagos. Bray…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tobi has emerged as head of the House after a task involving eight housemates. Big Brother had asked them to form a tower using balloons. At the end, only Tobi’s construction stood out and was consequently installed as the head of house. Tobi was asked to select a title he wishes to…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In his avowed commitment to encouraging entrepreneurship in the country as a way out of the economic doldrums, Nigeria’s business magnate, Aliko Dangote, is donating another N1.2 billion structure for running of business school in Bayero University, Kano (BUK). The building which will be handed over to the university management formally next…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has taking the battle against corruption to African Union, AU summit holding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia describing it as one of the greatest evils of our time. He spoke while formally launching the African Anti-Corruption Year 2018 during the Opening Ceremony of the 30th Ordinary Session of the Assembly…