LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria will next year conduct its first census in 17 years to try to accurately survey its population, estimated at more than 200 million people and the largest in Africa, the head of the national population agency said on Thursday. Censuses are controversial in Nigeria because rival ethnic and religious groups have…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. State Department has cleared the sale of 12 AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria worth nearly $1 billion, apparently after U.S. lawmakers lifted objections over human rights concerns. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the sale of the helicopters and related defense systems to the Nigerian military. The…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 300 people have been killed in flooding following days of extreme rainfall in eastern South Africa, with some areas receiving up to six months’ worth of rain in a single day. Touring the devastated region on Wednesday, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said the severity of the downpours was further…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The invasion in broad day light on Sunday the 10th day of April.2022 of Kukawa, Gyambawu, Dungur, Kyaram, Yelwa, Dadda, Wanka, Shuwaka, Gwammadaji and Dadin Kowa communities of Plateau State by large numbers of Fulani militias branded as terrorist or bandits is a clear case of genocide …
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some passengers of Max Air went berserk at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Wednesday. The incident, which happened at the domestic wing of the airport caused commotion at the terminal as the passengers accused the airline of delaying their flights for hours without providing reasons. Many of the passengers invaded…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential hopeful, Mr Peter Obi, has expressed worry over the apparent neglect of Nigerian students languishing away for months now, by the leaders of this country, from the continued strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking recently on Politics Today on Channels TV,…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MTN Nigeria Communication Limited and Airtel Network Nigeria Limited have been dragged before a Lagos Federal High Court Over alleged illegal deactivation of sim cards of over 72 million of Nigerians. Joined alongside the two telecommunication firms in the suit marked FHC/L/CS/677/2022, are; Federal Government of Nigeria and Attorney-General of the Federation…
LAGOS APRIL 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s table tennis star, Funke Oshonaike, on Wednesday, recounted her ordeal in the hands of two abusive partners. The tennis star alleged that she was a victim of domestic violence in two relationships. Oshonaike noted that said she was frustrated to a point that she wanted to kill one of her abusers….