LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China has denied reports it could take control of Uganda’s international airport should the government in Kampala default on a $200 million loan from Beijing. “The malicious allegation… has no factual basis and is ill intended to distort the good relations that China enjoys with developing countries including Uganda,” a spokesman for…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29 (NEWSRANGERS)-The Publisher of Mega Splash Magazine, Alhaji Tunde Umar Daniah, is now the President of Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria-MAJAN. AlhajiUmar was unanimously elected President of the Association in an election held on Friday the 26th of November, at Presken Hotel, Airport Road, Isolo, Lagos, following the expiration of Ray Ugochukwu tenure…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anthony Joshua says he would consider stepping aside to let Oleksandr Usyk fight the unified heavyweight world champion, Tyson Fury. Joshua will fight Usyk for a second time next spring after losing his WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO belts on a unanimous points decision in front of a sell-out crowd at London’s…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Cannabis, a strong variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the waterways. Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi in a statement sighted by NewsRangers…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Beatrice Aigbedion was among those arrested with 5,000 kg of assorted illicit drugs in Edo State. Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi in a statement said, at the point of her arrest in Irrua, Edo State last Wednesday, 70-year-old Mrs. Aigbedion was caught with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-News Express publisher Isaac Umunna says the online media has taken charge of the media industry and deserves to get a greater chunk of funds spent on advertising and publicity. Mr Umunna stated this during his presentation at the maiden corporate social responsibility and sustainability retreat (CSR-S 2021) in Nigeria. Umunna highlighted…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fully-loaded petrol tanker, on Sunday, exploded around Oju-Irin in Lafenwa area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. THEWILL learnt that the tanker, due to axle problem, overturned around 04:45am while making its way inbound Rounder from Oju-Irin, spilling its content on the road. Spokesman of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has visited and donated N1 million to Rex Universorum Hospital, Mmiata-Anam, Anambra State. Making the donation at the hospital premises, the immediate past Anambra State Governor recalled how his administration built the hospital, the first in…