LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians of Igbo extraction yesterday took the case of marginalisation and exclusion allegedly orchestrated against them by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to the United Nations (UN). The group urged world powers to mount pressure on President Buhari to right the wrongs meted against the Igbo ethnic nationality, alleging that there was […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of the Shia movement in Nigeria under the umbrella of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria [IMN], Sheik Zakzaky has expressed interest in travelling to seek medical attention following the failed trip to Indian where the Islamic leader claimed sabotage by the Buhari administration. The spokesman for the Islamic movement, Ibrahim […]
Sep 18 2019 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The homicide detectives section from Surulere Division of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Stella Peter, 23, for stabbing, Mr Bala Haruna, 25, to death. The suspect reportedly stabbed Haruna because he refused to release money for their baby’s birthday party. According to the Police Public Relations Officer ( PRO), […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African authorities have granted the Air Peace Flight B777, a landing permit after an initial delay. Over 300 Nigerians were expected to return home today as part of the government’s efforts to evacuate Nigerians, in the wake of xenophobic attacks in South Africa. But according to the airline, they would be […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 division, of the Nigerian Army, Sokoto, Major General Hakeem Otiki on Tuesday rejected Lieutenant General Lamidi Adeosun to preside over a Court Marshal set up to try him. The former GOC is being tried for alleged theft of N400million. He made this known through his […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The evacuation of the second batch of Nigerians from South Africa owing to ongoing xenophobic attacks, suffered an interruption on Tuesday following the delay in granting landing permit to Air Peace. The airline has volunteered to evacuate Nigerians willing to return to the country following the recent violence against foreigners in the […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina , on Monday , unleashed a torrent of abuse and threats on PUNCH ’s State House Correspondent, Mr John Ameh. Ameh and other journalists were at the Press Gallery of the Presidential Villa , Abuja when Adesina , a […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The five-time World Cup champions will lock horns with the Super Eagles during the next Fifa international break Brazil have officially announced the scheduling of a friendly match against the Super Eagles on October 13 in Singapore. Shortly after the country’s 2-2 draw with Ukraine in Dnipro, German tactician Gernot Rohr made […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Obinwanne Okeke, the Nigerian entrepreneur arrested by operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the last day of his visit to the United States in August, pleaded not guilty to the two count charge of wire and computer fraud at the commencement of his trial on Monday September 16. The […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Oil prices dropped sharply on Tuesday after a top Saudi Arabian source told Reuters production could be fully back on line within weeks, quicker than initially thought following weekend attacks that cut halved the kingdom’s output. Saturday’s attacks raised the specter of a major supply shock in a market that in recent […]
