LAGOS JULY 19TH NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has hailed the Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, Most Rev Valerian Okeke, on the occasion of the celebration of his 40th priestly anniversary, while commending his contributions to […]
Jul 19 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits abducted at least 60 people and killed one person in a raid of five villages in Shinkafi LGA of Zamfara on Friday night. The attackers rode on over 70 motorbikes into the villages and fired sporadically into the air, a police official and several residents said on Saturday. They killed a […]
Jul 19 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than seven people are missing after a cargo ship that had been barred from sailing sank off the coast of Liberia, the country’s Maritime Commissioner said on Sunday. The Liberian-registered Niko Ivanka left the capital Monrovia on Saturday morning for a port in the country’s south, despite being under a […]
Jul 19 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No nonsense and hardworking police officer, Abba Kyari, Deputy Commissioner of Police and leader of the Inspector-General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team, has described Obi Cubana as one of the most hardworking entrepreneurs he knows. Kyari said this while giving reasons for attending his mother’s burial which was held at Oba in […]
Jul 17 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Karaye emirate in Kano has suspended Abdullahi Sa’adu, the village head of Butu-Butu in Rimingado LGA of the state, for selling land to Fulani herdsmen. Karaye is one of the four new emirates created in 2019 by Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano. Haruna Muhammad Gunduwawa, the spokesperson of the emirate, released a […]
Jul 17 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is seeking $1 billion so work can continue on a gas pipeline costing up to $2.8 billion after Chinese lenders failed to disburse cash as quickly as expected. China developed cold feet after they pledged to offer most of the funds. It is the latest sign of falling Chinese financial support […]
Jul 17 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s well after midnight on a Saturday morning, but traffic is as thick as rush hour along a four-block industrial stretch in East New York, Brooklyn. Scantily clad women walk mid-block, their heels click-clacking on the asphalt as they move from car to car, leaning into driver’s side windows to entice the […]
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian plane that disappeared off radar near the Tomsk region of Siberia has been located – and all 19 passengers on board are alive, local officials told Sky News. The Antonov-28 plane, operated by regional airline SiLA, had made an emergency landing after both engines failed, officials said. The plane extended […]
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian Olympic delegate became the first visitor to the Tokyo Games admitted to hospital with COVID-19, broadcaster TV Asahi said on Friday, as Japan battles to stem rising local infections a week before the showpiece event starts. The individual, a non-athlete in their 60s, tested positive on Thursday evening at the […]
Jul 17 2021 | Posted in
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LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ugandan weightlifter Julius Ssekitoleko failed to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics this week. Then, on Friday, he disappeared. A note has been discovered, CNN reports, written by the 20-year-old insisting he went missing on purpose and does not want to return to his home country because life there is too difficult. Ssekitoleko […]
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