LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi officials have reportedly arrested two members of the royal family for allegedly plotting to oust King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The Wall Street Journal said guards detained one of the king’s brothers, Prince Ahmed bin Abdulaziz al Saud, and one of his nephews, Prince Mohammed bin Nayef. Both…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fresh facts have emerged on why Dakuku Peterside was not favoured to sit for another four years as Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Besides the inability of Peterside to develop indigenous shipping tonnage, his failure to curb piracy in the nation’s territorial waters and a frosty…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)The presidency has refuted media reports on the alleged sacking of Dakuku Peterside as the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) by President Muhammadu Buhari. The reports had claimed that President Buhari removed Peterside and appointed the Executive Director of Finance and Administration at NIMASA, Bashir Yusuf Jamoh,…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of the University of Lagos has postponed the university’s 51st convocation scheduled to commence on March 9. This was contained in a press statement released on the university’s website on Thursday. No reason was given for the postponement in the statement signed by the Registrar and Secretary to Council, Oladejo…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rio Ferdinand says Odion Ighalo has already proven him wrong over whether or not he’d be a useful addition for Manchester United. Eyebrows were raised when Ighalo arrived at Old Trafford on loan from Chinese outfit Shanghai Shenhua on transfer deadline day, with many wondering whether the former Watford forward has got…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as “coming at the appointed time”, the creation of the new Catholic Diocese of Ekwulobia from Awka Diocese, Anambra State. Obi was speaking Thursday to journalists at the Nnamdi Azikiwe international Airport, Abuja. Obi, who…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The battle for the removal of Adams Oshiomhole as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is far from being over as the national vice-chairman northeast of the party, Salihu Mustapha, declared that only the Court of Appeal could reinstate him despite the judgement of the Federal High Court that…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shekau ” challenged the offer in a video saying the US can’t harm him except with the will of Allah“. Although the offer on his head is still in place, the dreaded leader of the terrorist organisation is still in hiding. Boko Haram expert Bulama Bukarti has taken to twitter to reveal what…
