LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A hotel used for medical observation of people who had contact with coronavirus patients collapsed in southeastern China on Saturday, trapping some 70 people, state media reported. There were no immediate reports of deaths. At least 23 people were rescued from the wreckage of the Xinjia Express Hotel in Quanzhou, a city…
Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as deserving and highly rewarding the recent appointment of the former World Bank Managing Director, and former Minister of Finance of Nigeria, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as a member of the South African Economic Advisory Council. Obi…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Commonwealth gathering has called for an end to gender inequality by 2030 so every girl can have the same opportunities as boys. Ahead of International Women’s Day, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland joined a gathering of leaders, celebrities, academics and activists in London to discuss ways to accelerate the progress. Despite decades…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have kidnapped the mother of TheNiche Managing Director, Ikechukwu Amaechi. The kidnappers seized the septuagenarian at her village in Obohia Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State on the night of March 3, and have demanded a ransom payment of N20 million. Despite her age, the kidnappers who had established communication with Amaechi after…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has sacked 50 percent of its national secretariat staff. The memo containing the list of the affected staff was signed by the PDP Deputy National Secretary, Mr. Agbo Emmanuel and pasted on the party’s notice board at its National Secretariat yesterday in Abuja. It was titled: “Disengagement…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An evangelical pastor was jailed for 34 years in Britain on Friday, after he was convicted of a catalogue of rape and sexual abuse against children and adults over two decades. A judge said self-styled prophet Michael Oluronbi carried out “one of the worst cases of sexual abuse” against children to come…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Celebrations and events will be held around the world on Monday, 9 March to mark Commonwealth Day. This year’s event is centred around the theme ‘Delivering a Common Future’, highlighting how the 54 member countries in the Commonwealth family are ‘innovating, connecting and transforming’ to help achieve some of its biggest goals…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The cousin of Liverpool star Naby Keita is among nine Guinean footballers killed in a bus crash on Thursday. Almaty Traore is one of nine victims confirmed to have died, in a press release signed by General Mathurin Bangoura, president of the Guinean Professional Football League. Keita was travelling alongside teammates of…
