Archive for: February, 2018

Mugabe Marks 94th Birthday In Near Isolation

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe is celebrating his first birthday since his resignation in near solitude, far from the lavish affair of years gone by. The government that removed him with military assistance in November has declared Feb. 21, Mugabe’s birthday, a national holiday. But there are no signs of past celebrations, […]

Billy Graham, ‘America’s Pastor’ And Popular Evangelist Dies At 99

LAGOS FEBRARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Billy Graham, the famed evangelist who became known as “America’s Pastor,” has died at the age of 99, The Associated Press reported. Graham died at his home Wednesday morning from natural causes, a family spokesman told ABC News. Born in 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina, William Franklin Graham Jr. was the oldest […]

US Don: Nigerian Education System Expired Long Ago

LAGOS FEBRUARY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Chancellor of the University of America, California, Prof. Gamalier O. Prince, has said that the change mantra of the Federal Government must fix the educational system if there must be positive improvement in the country. Prince, who stated that the nation’s academic system expired long ago, said that the leadership of […]

Abuja Court Gives Kanu’s Sureties Deadline To Produce Him

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned to February 28 for three sureties of the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to produce him in court or show cause why each of them should not forfeit his N100 million bail bond. Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe and two others […]

Boko Haram Yobe Attack: Escapee Affirms Abduction Of Many School Girls

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Aishatu Abdullahi, one of the schoolgirls that escaped Boko Haram’s Monday attack on Dapchi town of Yobe State, has said some of the girls were abducted. According to her, not all the girls escaped the armed insurgents’ attack. The Police in Yobe state on Tuesday disclosed that no life was lost in […]

Passengers Escape Death As Dana Airline Overshoots Runway

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Passengers of A Dana aircraft, number 9J0363, flying from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State narrowly escaped death as the aircraft overshot the Port Harcourt runway. This is coming almost six years after the airline’s service from Abuja to Lagos crashed, killing all the […]

Nigeria Defence Headquarters Seeks Partnership With WorldStage News Platform

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Directorate Defence Information, Defence Headquarter (DHQ), has called for a collaboration effort with WorldStage Newsonline, Nigeria’s leading online news platform for the appropriate dissemination of information about the activities of the military across the country. Speaking on Tuesday during a courtesy visit to the WorldStage office in Abuja, Brigadier General John Agim, […]

Boko Haram Attacks Girls Secondary School, Dapchi Community In Yobe

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Boko Haram members have attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Burasari local government area of Yobe state. The attack was confirmed by the Yobe state commissioner of police, Abdulmaliki Sunmonu. Sumonu confirmed the attack in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said: “At about 5.30 p.m today, […]

Nigerian Spends $5.8 bn On Fuel Imports Since Late 2017

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria’s state oil firm said on Tuesday it had spent $5.8 billion on fuel imports since late 2017, as it combats a fuel shortage that has left people queuing for hours at filling stations and hobbled an already-struggling economy. “The corporation’s intervention became necessary following the inability of the major and […]

Nigeria, Jamaica Make Winter Olympics History

LAGOS FEBRUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bobsledders from Nigeria and Jamaica made history at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Tuesday. In the two-women bobsleigh event, Nigeria’s Seun Adigun and Akuoma Omeoga became the first bobsled team to represent an African nation. Alongside skeleton athlete Simidele Adeagbo, they are also the first athletes from their country […]

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