LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday said it had become obvious that the problems confronting Nigeria were beyond President Muhammadu Buhari. Soyinka spoke when he played host to some students who paid him a visit on his 85th birthday. The literary icon said while state governments differ in failure rates, “central government…
LAGOS JULY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday said those criticizing his administration over “isolated” cases of insecurity are not patriotic. “Those who politicize the isolated incidents of insecurity are not patriotic Nigerians. I am confident that this administration uses all the resources at its disposal to protect the lives of all Nigerians and not just…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A total of 40 officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service were among the 552 students of the Confucius Institute of the University of Lagos, who were awarded certificates for proficiency in Chinese Language on Tuesday in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the officers had undergone the course alongside 24…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s deteriorating security situation took a turn for the worse Tuesday night in Abuja with the Northern Elders Forum NEF and the Coalition of the Northern Groups CNGs ordering Fulani herdsmen to leave the Southern parts of the country and return to the north where their safety and those of their cows…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A High Court in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, sentenced Bhadmus Abiodun, a former Chief Accountant of Vanguard Newspapers, to seven years imprisonment for fraud. The court, presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye, also sentenced Joseph Ejike Ezeobi, a former circulation representative at the same newspaper to three years’ imprisonment for his involvement…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom. The Paksoy-1 was sailing from Cameroon to Ivory Coast when the pirates boarded the ship in the Gulf of Guinea. It was not carrying freight and eight sailors managed to escape. Turkey says…