Archive for: September, 2019

Akpabio Indicts NDDC Of Non-Performance, Accumulation Of N2trn Debts

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godwin Akpabio, has stressed the need for redirecting the affairs of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) affairs, saying that the commission has over N2 trillion debt to settle. Akpabio stated this at a meeting with the management team of NDDC on Wednesday in Abuja. […]

Factions Of National Association of Nigerian Students Fight Dirty Over Free Trip To S/Africa

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Two factions of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday in Abuja engaged each other in a brawl over a plan by the South African High Commission to sponsor some Nigerian students to their country. The President of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) Bello Shagari who led the group […]

Xenophobia –Oby Ezekwesili Under Attack For Attending World Economic Forum In S’Africa

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has come under fire for attending the ongoing World Economic Forum in South Africa despite federal government’s boycott of the event over xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in the country. Newsmen men reported that Nigeria, alongside African countries like Rwanda, Malawi and DR Congo, boycotted the two-day […]

Xenophobia: Nigerian Police Arrest 125 Suspected Looters, Beef Up security For Foreigners

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-The police on Wednesday announced additional security measures have been approved for foreign embassies, missions and businesses across Nigeria. The alert followed sporadic violence and looting of businesses by hoodlums across Nigeria. The hoodlums hijacked the widespread outrage being expressed by Nigerians against the xenophobic attacks in South Africa over the past […]

Fraud: Former First Lady Of Honduras, Rose Bonilla Sentenced To 58 Years In Jail

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 5TH (NEWRANGERS)-The former first lady of Honduras Rosa Elena Bonilla, wife of ex-president Porfirio Lobo, was sentenced on Wednesday to 58 years in jail on charges of fraud and undue appropriation of funds, a spokesman for the nation’s highest court said. Bonilla, 52, has been in custody since February 2018. Her defense attorney […]

Xenophobia: Protesting Zambian Students Attack South African Embassy

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Student in Lusaka, Zambia, have burnt down the signpost of South African Embassy in the capital city in response to ongoing xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African migrants in South Africa. This action of the Zambian students comes barely 24 hours after the country withdrew from a friendly football match with […]

Man, Wife, Four Children, Pregnant Guest Found Dead In Lagos Home

LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fear has gripped residents of Mafoluku in Oshodi after a family of seven and their guest were found dead on Wednesday morning. There is apprehension at Olowora Street as the man, his wife, their four children and a pregnant guest were all discovered lifeless around 10 am on Wednesday. At the moment […]

Xenophobia: No Nigerian Died In Fresh South African Attacks – Nigeria Envoy

LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Mission in South Africa says no Nigerian died but over 50 vehicles and other property worth millions of dollars owned by Nigerians were vandalised, burnt or stolen, in fresh attacks. The Nigeria Consul General in Johannesburg, Mr Godwin Adama, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in a telephone conversation from […]

Xenophobia: Peter Obi Urges South Africa To Stop Attack On Nigerians

LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has called on South-Africans to stop the attacks on foreigners, including Nigerians, describing the development as most pathetic and regrettable. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by his Media Office. Obi reminded the South African Government […]

XENOPHOBIA: MTN Nigeria Shuts Stores After Anti-South African Attacks

LAGOS SEPEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian division of South African telecom operator MTN said on Wednesday it will shut all stores and service centers in the country until further notice after its facilities in three cities were attacked. The facilities were attacked in retaliation after days of riots in South Africa chiefly targeting foreign-owned, including Nigerian, […]

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