Archive for: April, 2018

Angry Protesters Demanding Sack Of Saraki, Others, Storm Plenary Take Away Mace

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters demanding the sack of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki; his deputy, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, and other members of the Senate stormed the National Assembly on Wednesday. After the placard bearing group had access into the National Assembly, they stormed the Senate where they took the mace away. […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Nigerian Clerics Reject UK Call To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria religious leaders has rejected British Prime Minister, Theresa May call for same-sex marriage in Nigeria and all other countries within the Commonwealth. At the first joint forum at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Westminster yesterday, the prime minister said there should be no laws criminalising same-sex relationships across the […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Ex-US President George Bush Mourns Wife’s Death At 92

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former US first lady Barbara Bush died Tuesday at the age of 92, triggering an outpouring of praise for the matriarch of a Republican family once at the apex of American politics. Barbara and George H.W. Bush were married for 73 years, and the widower “of course is heartbroken to lose his […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in International,State | Read More »

Businesswoman, Maid, Houseboy Roasted To Death In Early Morning Inferno

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sympathisers thronged Alade Close, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday after an early morning fire claimed the lives of a middle-aged businesswoman, her teenage maid and houseboy. The deceased lived in a two-bedroomed apartment on the top floor of a one-storeyed building on the close. PUNCH Metro learnt that the woman’s husband and their […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Visa Applicant To Serve Three Years Imprisonment Over False Declaration

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday sentenced a UK visa applicant, Kolawole Viyon, to three years imprisonment for giving false information about his marital status. The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission had arraigned Viyon for allegedly lying about his marital status. Justice Mojisola Dada, who gave the ruling, […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Five Safety Tips For Journalists When Interviewing Dangerous People

LAGOS APRIL 18H (NEWSRANGERS)-“The risk of physical harm when you’re working as a journalist is a lot like the risk of libel in some ways,” said journalist and author Susan McKay at the International Journalism Festival in Italy today (14 April). “Sometimes it’s obvious where it might come from, but it sometimes comes from very […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in Features,State | Read More »

How Nigeria, Developing Countries’ Journalists Use Drones To Cover Environmental Crimes

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the last few years, drones, sensors and satellites have started to be seen less as gadgets and more as tools for investigative reporting that would be hard to do through traditional newsgathering due to the lack of available data or restricted access to remote areas. Newsrooms in South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in Features,State | Read More »

Paul Biya, Cameroon Ghost President

LAGOS APRIL 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Paul Biya’s lack of decision-making and direction is part and parcel of his political strategy, according to analysts. On the podium for the World’s Longest-Serving President, Paul Biya currently holds the silver medal. At an impressive 35-plus years in office, the Cameroonian leader’s ability to keep hold of power over the […]

Apr 18 2018 | Posted in International,State | Read More »

Okorocha Dreams Of Succeeding Buhari As Nigeria President

LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha has said he will succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Okorocha stated this on Monday when he hosted some political stakeholders at the Government House in Owerri, the state capital They had visited him to endorse Uche Nwosu, his Chief of Staff and son-in-law, as the next Governor […]

Apr 16 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »

Babaginda Hosts PDP Chairman, Secondus In Minna

LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWRANGERS)-Uche Secondus, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Monday met with former military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, famously known as IBB. The meeting between the leadership of the former ruling party and Babangida took place at the latter’s Hilltop Mansion in Minna, Niger State. In a […]

Apr 16 2018 | Posted in National,State | Read More »
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