LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria and China mark their golden jubilee of official relations in 2021, having established diplomatic ties in 1971. And as trade and investment have grown, so has lending, leading to increased focus on the balance of the bilateral relationship. Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has at times had to deny that his country…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 82 people were killed in one day in a crackdown by Myanmar security forces on pro-democracy protesters, according to reports Saturday from independent local media and an organization that keeps track of casualties since the February coup. Friday’s death toll in Bago was the biggest one-day total for a single…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as angry protests erupted in a Minneapolis suburb after a 20-year-old Black man was shot dead during a traffic stop. The unrest in Brooklyn Center came hours before the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, was set…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on relevant authorities, institutions and organisations that, one way or the other, usually honour people to only grant it to those who are really exceptional in their considered fields and not be swayed by…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A search party comprising 26 hunters organised to rescue a kidnapped medical doctor and a nurse was ambushed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani elements in the Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. The doctor, Oladunni Odetola, who is the head of state General Hospital, Imeko and the nurse, identified as…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Real Madrid moved top of La Liga with victory over Barcelona in an El Clasico played in torrential rain at the Alfredo Di Stefano Stadium. Karim Benzema broke the deadlock with a sublime near-post flick – his ninth goal in his past seven La Liga games, reports the BBC. Real doubled their…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigerian Senator and the CEO of Silverbird Entertainment, Mr. Ben Murray-Bruce has surprised millions of Nigerians as he purchases (in his own word, ‘deposits for’) a brand new Lucid Electric car by Tesla worth $70,000(around N26,000,000)!!!!. The former senator in a tweet asked the federal government to ensure a total ban…
LAGOS APRIL 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed hoodlums in the Ketu area of Lagos State stabbed Oluwakemi Odugbesan, a mother of three, to death while trying to rob her of her mobile phone and handbag. The 41-year-old victim from Ogun State, who was returning home from a church vigil, was attacked a few minutes past 6:00 am, at…