LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-All Beirut Port security and storage officials are reportedly under house arrest after a massive explosion that left thousands injured and killed at least 100 people has damaged around half of the city. The blast sent seismic shockwaves through the city on Tuesday evening, destroying dozens of buildings and shattering windows. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It has been claimed that the huge explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed over 100 people and injured more than 4,000, was caused by a welder at work. Close to where the welder was working, there was “highly explosive sodium nitrate” confiscated from a ship by Lebanese authorities and placed in one of the warehouses located near the…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Yekini Idiaye has been impeached. He was impeached on Wednesday during a plenary session of the Assembly in Benin City. Details later…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) paid themselves scholarship grants at a time hundreds of deserving scholarship beneficiaries had not been paid for years and were stranded in different countries, a report has shown. The report by lawmakers joins the other revelations that emanated from the National Assembly’s investigation…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UEFA Champions League returns on Friday with the remaining places at the final tournament in Lisbon up for grabs as Europe’s top clubs look to go all the way and lift the trophy on August 23 after a suspension of five months because of the coronavirus. AFP Sport looks at the…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Monster traffic jams are nothing new for Lagos, but the partial closure of the city’s main bridge for repairs has made getting about an even greater ordeal for its 20 million inhabitants. The on-ramp to the Third Mainland Bridge has become the most coveted piece of real estate in Africa’s biggest city…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Consultative Front, a newly formed group, has told Nigerians to be prepared for nationwide mass action against the President Muhammadu Buhari government. The mass action, according to the group, is against corruption, hunger, abuse of public trust and insecurity. This was contained in a statement jointly issued on Sunday by…
LAGOS AUGUST 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The camps of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, ex-Senate President Bukola Saraki and former Kano State governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso have reacted to All Progressive Congress (APC ) overture stressing that their principals are not thinking of returning to the ruling party. They described the APC as a sinking ship that is…
