Archive for: December, 2020

Trump Grudgingly Signs $900bn COVID Relief Package Into Law

LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump signed the long-awaited $900 billion second coronavirus pandemic relief bill into law on Sunday night, sending aid to millions of Americans and narrowly averting a government shutdown. Trump had threatened not to sign the bill if it did not increase the $600 stimulus checks to $2,000, as well as repeal […]

Ethiopian Police Arrest Reuters Photojournalist In Addis Ababa

LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Reuters cameraman, Kumerra Gemechu, was arrested in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Thursday and will be kept in custody for at least two weeks, his family said. He has not been charged. No reason was provided to the family for Thursday’s arrest, and police did not respond to Reuters’ requests […]

Suspected Nashville Christmas Day Bomber Dies In Explosion

LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The man believed to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing that tore through downtown Nashville blew himself up in the explosion, and appears to have acted alone, federal officials said Sunday. Investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the man, identified as Anthony Quinn Warner, to the mysterious explosion but […]

Why We Over Throw Shagari’s Govt In 1984 – Buhari (SEE DOCUMENTS)

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a letter dated January 6, 1984, and addressed to the then UK Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, Nigeria’s incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, then a Maj-General, listed reasons that necessitated the 1984 coup in which he emerged the Head of State. The bloodless coup which upstaged the democratic government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari […]

Three Dead, Three Injured In Bowling Alley Shooting In Illinois

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Three people were killed and three others were injured Saturday in a shooting at Don Carter Lanes, a bowling alley in Rockford. Police Chief Dan O’Shea said they have a person of interest in custody who is thought to be the only shooter. However, he said the investigation is “very, very fluid” […]

Electric Replaces Petrol Powered ‘Okada’ In Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda. Why Not In Nigeria?

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rwanda’s green mobility policy, aimed at phasing out petrol motorcycles, has been in effect for at least five years now. In Kenya, electric motorcycles are over a decade in operation. Uganda’s adoption of the innovation is recent, but in all, the trend highlights East Africa’s wokeness in anti-pollution and energy use. It is […]

Gunmen Kill PDP Chieftain, Abduct Three Daughters In Niger State

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A chieftain of the Peoples Democractic Party in Kampala ward of Bosso Local Government Area of Niger state Alhaji Ahmodu Mohammed, has been killed by bandits. Ahmodu’s three daughters were also kidnapped by the bandits. An eyewitness told THISDAY that the murder of Alhaji Mohammed, a successful farmer, took place Thursday after […]

Nigeria Needs A Man Like Peter Obi To Move Forward — Clerics

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Onitsha Archdiocesan Health Coordinator, Rev. Fr Basil Ekwunife and the Chairman, Onitsha Archdiocesan Hospital Board, Rev Fr Patrick Omuta, have both described the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, as the man who has the knowledge, character, passion, drive and the […]

Police Declare Manhunt For OPC Members Who Kill Man For Breaking Into Hotel Room During Sex Romp

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Police Command is currently on the trail of some members of the Oodua Peoples Congress who beat a man to death in FESTAC Town after the deceased broke into a hotel room. SaharaReporters learnt that the man was killed on the suspicion that he was a ritualist after he […]

Gunmen Abduct PFN Chairman, Wife At Kaduna Prayer Camp

LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The Kaduna State Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Emmanuel Bako, and his wife Cindy Bako, have been kidnapped by gunmen at a praying camp in Jema’a Local Government Area, Kaduna State.  In a statement on Saturday, the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the […]

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