LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joe Biden has won the 2020 presidential election, the Associated Press projected Saturday, sending President Trump to a bitter defeat four years after he shocked the world by winning the White House with a victory over Hillary Clinton. Biden crossed the 270-vote threshold in the Electoral College on Saturday after the AP […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has set a third straight daily record for new Covid-19 infections, notching more than 127,000 cases, John Hopkins University reported Friday. And the death toll as of 8:30 pm (0130 GMT) over the past 24 hours was 1,149, the Baltimore-based university said. The outbreak has been surging for weeks […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State Government has confirmed COVID-19 cases in a secondary boarding school on the mainland. According to a report by Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Friday night, a member of the school’s staff tested positive for COVID-19 on November 2. “Contact tracing has revealed that a student and four contacts […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Adamwa State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adeyanju has directed police investigators to go after the gunmen who broked into the home of the Speaker of Adamawa State House Of Assembly, Aminu Iya-Abass, and rescue abducted member of his family. Recalled that unknown gunmen broke into the residence of Aminu Iya-Abass, the Speaker […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) operatives will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria. The House of Representatives Committee made the disclosure during the corps’ 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget defence, on Thursday in Abuja. The Chairman, Akinfolarin Mayowa, explained that the 1992 Act […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Diego Maradona, widely considered one of the all-time football greats, is suffering from complications caused by “episodes of confusion” developed after his surgery, according to his personal doctor Leopoldo Luque. The Argentine football legend was initially admitted to a hospital in La Plata on Monday as a preventive measure, with the diagnosis […]
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LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As a French-born Muslim, Elyazid Benferhat’s stomach turned when he heard about a deadly Islamic extremist attack on a church in Nice. Then he decided to act. A self-described man of peace and pragmatism, Benferhat and a friend gathered a group of young Muslim men to stand guard outside their town’s cathedral […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Trade Organization has cancelled a meeting on Nov. 9 to decide on the appointment of Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the body’s next director general after the United States rejected her as a candidate. Trade sources said they thought a factor in the delay was that there had been no indication […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Democratic nominee Joe Biden addressed the nation Friday, after his growing lead in the presidential election’s key battleground states appeared to have placed him on the verge of victory. “The numbers tell us a clear and convincing story: We’re going to win this race,” Biden said in remarks delivered from inside the […]
LAGOS NOVEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Lagos based rights campaigner, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos for an order stopping the interference and involvement of the Nigerian Army in the restoration of order in the Nation after the EndSars protest. Joined as first to 10th respondents are: The Lagos State Government, Lagos […]
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