LAGOS JANUART 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The President and Founder, Living Faith Church (LFC), Bishop David Oyedepo says the church has commenced efforts at planting additional 10,000 new churches across the country in 2020. Oyedepo disclosed this while addressing the church workers forum at the International Headquarters of the church in a live telecast in Ota, Ogun, monitored…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commonwealth has welcomed its 54th family member after Maldives’ application for re-admission was approved. The small island nation officially re-joined the Commonwealth at 00:01 today,Saturday This marks the end of a process that began 13 months ago, in December 2018, when President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wrote to the Commonwealth Secretary-General expressing the country’s interest…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Police, in Bayelsa State, have arrested Mr. Victor Oba, a cousin to a former first lady, Patience Jonathan, for attempting to kill his ex-lover, Seigha Atia. Oba, who is the Manager of the first lady’s hotel, Aridolf Hotels and Spars, was said to have hit his 23-year-old ex-lover with his…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-More than three years after the UK’s in/out referendum, the country’s membership of the EU ends. The United Kingdom has left the European Union, after 47 years of membership. After a 2016 referendum of UK voters resulted in a 52-48 percent win for the “leave” campaign, the country’s membership officially ceased at…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Thursday agreed to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation over the $396m expended on turnaround maintenance of refineries in the country between 2013 and 2015. The red chamber also mandated the committees on Petroleum Downstream, Upstream and Gas to carry out a holistic investigation into the expenditure incurred by…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Manchester United have signed Odion Ighalo on loan The Nigeria striker, 30, will move to Old Trafford from Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua until the end of the season but there is no option to buy in the agreement. Ighalo, who left Watford in 2017, has been brought in on a short-term deal by manager…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGRS)-US President Donald Trump has imposed an immigrant visa ban on Nigeria and six other countries, earlier confirming media reports on the policy. Immigrant visas are issued to those who want to relocate to the US. It also leads to the issuance of permanent residency. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-China’s richest man, Jack Ma, has donated 100 million yuan (£11 million) to help towards defeating the coronavirus disease, that has rampaged much of China, with close to 170 people already dead and over 7700 already infected. Jack Ma, who is worth £32.9 billion, owns E-commerce giants, AliBaba, and has donated the…
