LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have come a long way together and worked at close quarters for common purposes to warrant any suggestion of conflict or battle for supremacy between them. From their public aspirations, it is obvious they still…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Clinton was seen leaving an Orange County hospital Sunday morning, six days after he was admitted and treated for a urological and blood infection. The 75-year-old is flying to New York with his wife, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and his daughter, Chelsea, according to an aide. Upon landing,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has congratulated the National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Comrade Chris Isiguzo, on his re-election. Isiguzo was re-elected at the 7th Triennial Delegates Conference of NUJ held at the Dr. Michael Okpara…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nearly 10,000 winners of the FY 2020 Diversity Visa Program, better known as the visa lottery, who were frustrated by their failure to obtain consular interviews to process their U.S. immigrant visas on time, won a court battle this week. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on Wednesday…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least eight people have died and a dozen are feared missing after a day of torrential rains in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Rescue operations were underway on Sunday after heavy rains lashed the state the day before, triggering flash floods and landslides, the Press Trust of India (PTI) news…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rocking back and forth, Shlomo Ben Yaakov reads from a Torah scroll at a synagogue on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital, Abuja. Intermittently his soft mellow voice rises in Hebrew and he is joined by the dozens who recite after him. Most do not fully understand the language, but this small Nigerian…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some members of the Governing Board of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) are warning that the activities of the Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Senator George Akume are beginning to impede the smooth day-to-day operations of the NLRC. The Governing Board members are particularly miffed that the Minister’s actions,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Loud explosions were intermittently rocking Ebrutu Army barracks in Calabar, Cross River State capital. It is still unclear what is causing the explosion but roofs of buildings in adjoining settlements close to the barracks are being shattered and window panes in some buildings pulled down A source in the area, Ekong James, said…