LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the abduction of school children from Government Science College, Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, describing it as an attack on Nigeria’s fundamental development. Speaking through a release from his Media…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, is dead, The PUNCH has learnt. It was learnt that the Katsina State indigene, who led the NCS from 2009 to 2015, died after a protracted illness. The former customs boss had been facing a probe by the Economic (EFCC) and Financial Crimes…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s economy exited recession in the fourth quarter of 2020, recording its first growth in three quarters as coronavirus-linked lockdown was lifted across the country, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a report Thursday. The report said Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew 0.11 per cent in the three months between October…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For days now, there has been a power outage in Texas caused by a winter storm. To make matters worse, water treatment plants have lost power, making it impossible to supply water to homes. Also, there’s been multiple broken water pipes after winter turned the water to ice. This means people do not…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has said the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, is the biggest problem of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. Mohammed had also said he would not dignify Nabena with a response over his comment on the APC registration…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-This is America and not a third world country. Texa residents were seen in a video lining up to fetch water amid power outage. The excessive cold has sent energy demand skyrocketing. In Texas, 4.3 million customers were without electricity as of 8:45 p.m. Eastern, according to poweroutage.us, ahead of what was…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local journalists covering the country’s opposition leader. The seven injured journalists were covering an effort by opposition leader Bobi Wine to file a petition on Wednesday…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a surprise retaliatory move Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news stories, escalating a fight with the government over whether powerful tech companies should have to pay news organizations for content. Australia’s government condemned the step, which also blocked some government communications, including messages about emergency services, and some commercial pages….