Archive for: August, 2020

Edo Crisis Escalates As 17 Lawmakers Loyal To Oshiomhole Elect Factional Speaker

LAGOS AGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly Thursday escalated as 17 lawmakers in the state have inaugurated and elected a parallel speaker. African Examiner gathered that 14 members who had refused to be inaugurated are loyalists of the immediate past national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade […]

Gunmen Attack Bayelsa Church, Kill Pregnant Woman, Husband, Two Others

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four persons, including a pregnant woman, identified as Imomotimi, have been killed in Azikoro Village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The other victims, according to locals, are Alfred Marcus 30; Gabriel Ejimofor 45 and Uchechukwu Ejimofor 38. The incident happened when hoodlums suspected to be cult members attacked a […]

Naming Rail Stations After Jonathan, Awolowo Is Degrading-Edwin Clark

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ijaw Leader, Chief Edwin Clark has described as dishonour, the naming of one of the rail stations after former President Goodluck Jonathan and Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Clark said Jonathan as a former president and Chief Awolowo deserved more than that. He said clamping together people who have not made any meaningful […]

Obaseki Chases Away Security Agencies, Removes Roof Of Edo House Of Assembly, Orders Reconstruction

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the reported invasion of the Edo State House of Assembly, the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has ordered the removal of the roof of the House of Assembly complex for renovation after chasing away security agencies believed to have been drafted from Abuja to provide security cover to 17 lawmakers loyal to […]

Boko Haram releases video of ‘members observing Eid Al-Adha Prayer In Niger State

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shekau Releasea Video Of Boko Haram Fighters Observing Eid In Niger State A video of some men suspected to be members of the Abubakar Shekau-led faction of Boko Haram in Niger state has surfaced online. The footage shows about 100 persons observing the Eid Al-Adha prayer in an undisclosed bushy area. While […]

Woman Allegedly Kills Her Two Children Over Husband Refusal To Drop Feeding Money

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 28-year old mother, Abigail Agbubla has allegedly killed her two children by poisoning over her husband’s failure to give chop money. I believe something came over her because if she’s okay, she won’t try taking the life of the children she suffered to give birth to.  Is she cripple that she […]

Seven Dead, Sixty Infected As A New Virus, ‘SFTS’ Emerges In China

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the world is battling the COVID pandemic, reportedly originating from China, the country has now confirmed a new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus that has killed seven people and infected 60 others so far. More than 37 people in East China’s Jiangsu Province contracted with the SFTS Virus in […]

Fuel Queue Surfaces As Pump Price Hits N150 Per Litre

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fuel queues returned to major parts of Lagos metropolis and the Federal Capital Territory yesterday, following announcement of an increase in the ex-depot price of petrol. Majority of the filling station visited by Daily Sun yesterday had long vehicular queues as consumers engaging in panic buying in a bid to beat the […]

Lagos Church Places Advert For The Position Of Prayer Warriors

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A yet-to-be identified church has called on unemployed Nigerians to apply for the post of prayer warrior in its organisation.  The church made the advert public using a poster that has now circulated on social media.  Many Nigerian churches are known to have people whose primary work is to pray for the […]

Wike Drags ThisDay Newspapers To Court, Demands N7bn For Damage

LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has slammed a N7 Billion suit against ThisDay Newspapers being damages for libel written and published in ThisDay’s Tuesday, June 23, 2020 edition. In the publication captioned, “With Wike, Obaseki Meets His PDP’S Waterloo, Almost,” the Defendants maliciously and falsely portrayed the Claimant as an unreliable […]

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