LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal on Thursday fixed Aug.21 for parties to adopt their written addresses in the petition challenging the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari’s in the Feb.23 general election. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar are contesting the outcome…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the drivers of Airport Car Hire Association of Nigeria (ACHAN), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, Mr. Adeniyi Olayinka, has returned $2,400 (about N888,000) and an international passport forgotten by a passenger in his car to the passenger. Olayinka told journalists at the airport that he discovered the items in…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There have been news making rounds that the ‘Kenyan Jesus’ who was invited by a pastor to preach in the country has been deported. This is false. Identified as “Michael Job”, the “modern-day Jesus” is an American preacher and actor. He is in Kenya attending an interdenominational Christian event as a guest…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have released a Korean medical doctor, who had been in captivity for seven months. The doctor had been working at the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State when he was abducted. Also released were 250 people, who are from different parts of the state as well as neighbouring states. Briefing…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will celebrate forty years in power on Saturday, highlighting his status as Africa’s longest-serving head of state. Since he seized control in a 1979 military coup, rights groups have described Obiang Nguema, 77, as one of the continent’s most brutal and corrupt dictators. In his…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The fledgling mobile money market in Nigeria is about to get a major shake-up. MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecoms operator, has been granted a “super agent” license which allows it set up an agent network through which it can provide financial services. It’s the first step in MTN’s plans to finally…