LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidency, various names have been mentioned as potential presidential candidates with Peter Obi; a former governor of Anambra State, featuring prominently in political analysis. This was based on discussions on Twitter which propelled Peter Obi to the top trends on Tuesday, February 25. Various discussants, equally important, extolled the […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- International soccer star Didier Drogba has helped his birthplace, Côte d’Ivoire, strike gold by helping to collect MOUs for a total of $15 billion in commitments to back tourism projects in the west African country. The breakthrough comes ahead of the UNWTO Forum for Africa, which will take place in Abidjan […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anti-corruption lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) on Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen the case file against the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah in the interest of justice. According to them, the allegations against […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder has blamed his heavyweight title defeat against Tyson Fury on the three-stone costume he wore to the ring to celebrate Black History Month. Confirming that he intends to activate his rematch clause against newly-crowned WBC heavyweight champion Fury, Wilder revealed that he had no energy left in his legs following […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Engr. Osita Aboloma, will tomorrow in Lagos meet with maritime stakeholders on the agency’s new operational system. The event, which holds at the Rockview Hotel, Apapa, has as its theme: “Facilitating Trade Through SON Automated Services”. THE POWERFUL PEN learnt that the 10.00am sensitisation event […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have been reported dead on Sunday from a ghastly road accident in Akwa Ibom State. It was reported that the yet-to-be identified officers died while their van was chasing a Toyota Sienna bus, suspected to be conveying rice at Urua Ita, Oron axis section […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria Head of States, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), on Sunday, led a prayer rally against killings, Boko Haram attacks in North East region and Nigeria at large. Gowon who is also the National Chairman of ‘Nigeria Prays’, speaking during the one-day prayer rally held in Bauchi, said the prayer rally was […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS-No fewer than ten people were reported to have been killed assuspected Fulani herdsmen blocked Benin –Ore road for hours .Although the report was unofficial. Passengers have been left stranded and calling for help in a virile video circulated online. According to a voice over report in the footage circulating on social […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some 70 members of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) on Monday bemoaned the nonpayment of their severance package 10 years after they were sacked by Mobil Producing Nigeria (MPN) subsidiary of US firm ExxonMobil. They said that they were disengaged in 2009 before the expiration of their employment contacts […]
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LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 40-year-old man, Paul Okwudili, died in the wee hours of this morning of Monday, February 24, 2020 while having sex with a lady at a hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State. The deceased, who resided at Ogboliolosi off Awka Road Inland town Onitsha, allegedly took the unidentified 30-year-old lady to the hotel […]
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