LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has urged churches in Nigeria to remember Nigeria in their prayers, especially now that the country, like all other countries of the world, is being ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Obi spoke on Tuesday through the Chairman…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has accepted the nomination of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as one of the candidates for the office of the director-general of the organisation. President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed Okonjo-Iweala for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) top job last week. “Nigeria, on 9 June 2020, nominated Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala for…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have continued to celebrate the Super Eagles iconic figure Stephen Okechukwu Keshi even after death but the latest picture of his grave is causing an online debate among the keen followers of the round leather game in Nigeria. Former Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Keshi, died before he arrived Faith Mediplex, the…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it is waiting on the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court to reassign the N7.1bn fraud case of a former Abia State governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, so that his fresh trial ordered by the Supreme Court can start. The prosecuting counsel for the…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters in Yantumaki town, Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State on Tuesday morning set fire on a billboard bearing the image of President Muhammadu Buhari and logo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The residents are protesting against the attacks on their villages by bandits. The protests come days after the…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-John Obi Mikel has been surprised by the Liverpool star Mohamed Salah’s development since they played together at Chelsea. The pair spent two years together at Chelsea after Salah moved to Stamford Bridge from Basel in 2014. But in February 2015 the Egypt star was loaned to Fiorentina before spending the 2015-16…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 59 people have been killed in a suspected jihadist attack in north-eastern Nigeria. Gunmen entered a remote village in the Gubio district of Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, killing dozens. The village was also razed, in what is believed to have been a reprisal attack, according to local reports. No…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A corrections officer who participated in a counterprotest to a Black Lives Matter demonstration in New Jersey in which people reenacted the death of George Floyd was suspended after the video was widely shared on social media. In the video, protesters march along a street Monday in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, chanting…