LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied the reports that he is under pressure to contest the 2023 presidential election. Jonathan made the denial through Ikechukwu Eze, his spokesman. The former president said he is rather focused on promoting peace and sustainable democracy in Africa. Asked to comment on the reports of Jonathan […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran has fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases housing American troops in a revenge attack for the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general. The Ain al-Asad airbase in western Iraq that was visited by Donald Trump in December 2018 and the Erbil base in Iraqi Kurdistan […]
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, at the State House. Although the subject of the discussion of the meeting was not disclosed, Asiwaju Tinubu told journalists that he visited the President to consort with him and […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 30 people were killed in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno after an improvised explosive device detonated on a bridge, sources told Reuters on Monday. The bomb detonated at roughly 5 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) on a crowded bridge in the market town of Gamboru that leads into neighboring […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States “will pay” for its actions and must “be prepared for the consequences” in the wake of the death of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force who was killed by an American airstrike in Iraq last week. In […]
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has charged Nigerians to show love to all, including the physically, challenged at all times. He spoke on Monday during the solemnisation of marriage between two physically challenged girls and their spouses – Gloria Ofodille/Samson Fidelis and Judith Nwokeji/Ikenna Ibeadua […]
Jan 7 2020 | Posted in
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LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two unidentified young middle-aged men were in the early hours of Monday set ablaze by an angry mob along Akai Effa road opposite Orange Resorts in Calabar Municipality LGA. The two victims were caught at about 4:00 am while robbing a barber’s shop very close to the popular resort. An eyewitness, Miss […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It appears that even the gods in Nigeria are aware of pop culture in the country and do not discriminate against it. This is so considering the fact that some traditional leaders have shown off modern acts that show that they are aware of things that interest young people around them. Just […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS) – The Committee set up by Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State to verify workers without Bank Verification Number (BVN) said it uncovered 596 dead officers on the government payroll. The Chairman of the committee, Sen. Adamu Gumba, disclosed this at a news conference in Bauchi on Monday. “In the process […]
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LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government (FG) has announced that small businesses with turnover less than N25m will be exempted from paying Companies Income Tax (CIT). Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed while disclosing this Monday explained that the policy would be effective once the Finance Bill 2019, is signed into law. […]
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