Archive for: March, 2022

Chairman Of Electoral Institute Hails EVMAT Role In Conduct Of Peaceful Election In Nigeria

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman Board of the Electoral Institute Prof Abdullahi Abdu Zuru has commended the important role Election Violence Mitigation and Advocacy Tool (EVMAT) played finding  ways to mitigate, and possibly eradicate the incidences of violence in the Nigerian electoral process. Making the commendation in an opening address he delivered at the workshop on Review and […]

Nigeria Marks One-Year Anniversary Of First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipment

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-–As Nigeria today marked the one-year anniversary of the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines to the country via the COVAX Facility, efforts are stepping up to ensure vaccine delivery targets are met. One year on from the first shipment, more than 65.8 million COVID-19 vaccines have been received in Nigeria through COVAX, […]

Masquerader Performing Fire Show Burnt To Death In Anambra

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWRAGERS0-An unidentified man has burnt to death while trying to pull a stunt in a masquerader attire in Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at Ogbunike, during the Eli’m Ede Cultural Festival, on Saturday. The Eli’m Ede Festival is an annual event, where masqueraders of various sizes and shapes […]

Man Erroneously Stabs His Mother To Death While Fighting With His Wife

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A man has been arrested after he mistakenly stabbed his mother to death at Zawiyya Tudunwada, Kontagora, Niger state.  The man was reportedly fighting his wife when his mother stepped in to intervene. The husband then allegedly reached for a knife and attempted to stab his wife, but he mistakenly stabbed his […]

Nigerian Lawmakers Pass Bill To Grant LG Financial, Administrative Independence

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The bills to grant full financial and administrative autonomy to local governments have been passed by the Senate. The bills seek to amend the Constitution to repeal the state joint local government account and provide for a special account where all allocations due to the local governments councils, from the federation account […]

CNN Award Winning Journalist, Olori Janet Afolabi Unveils New Book Titled,”The Masters Who Trained Me “

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS0-Olori Janet Afolabi, CNN award winning journalist,Publisher and Queen of Apomu Kingdom in Osun state,has joined the league of authors.Her authorial debut is titled ” The Masters Who Trained Me”. It was unveiled on February 24 ,at the Alapomu Palace Hall in Apomu, headquarters of Isokan local government area of Osun state,as […]

Nigerian Lawmakers Reject Diaspora Vote, Special Seats For Women

LAGOS MARCH 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Senate on Tuesday voted to reject changes to the constitution to allow citizens living abroad to vote in national elections, while a provision to allocate special seats for women to increase their political representation failed to pass. Voters in Africa’s most populous nation will go to the polls to elect a […]

Father Shoots Three Children Dead, Kills Self In US Church Shooting

LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A father shot dead three of his own children Monday before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the shooting in Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a domestic incident. “The […]

China Opposes US, EU Sanctions Against Russia

LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS0-China, a close ally of Russia, said on Monday that it was opposed to illegal unilateral sanctions and will continue to carry out normal trade cooperation with Moscow, as the US, EU and their allies stepped up punitive measures against Russia, including the interbank messaging system SWIFT. Asked about what some have […]

Massive Blast Rock Ukraine’s Second Largest City, Kharkiv

LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian airstrike bombed the central square of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, right outside of the region’s administration building, terrifying video shows. In the video, cars can be seen driving on the street in Kharkiv’s Freedom Square before a rocket suddenly flies through the screen, striking just outside of the large administration […]

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