LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Omo no’ Oba n’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, Ogidigan has commended President MuhammaduBuhari GCFR for approving that the enhanced ePassport Centre be located in his Kingdom. The Monarch made the commendation recently during the commissioning of the enhanced ePassport production Centre in the […]
Jun 23 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayern Munich have signed Sadio Mane from Liverpool, both clubs confirmed on Wednesday, as the Senegal attacker has signed a three-year deal with the Bundesliga champions. The transfer fee is reportedly around 41 million euros ($43 million) for Mane, 30, who won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Club World […]
Jun 23 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The coffin of slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba returned to his home on Wednesday for an emotionally charged tour and burial, more than six decades after his assassination. A plane took Lumumba’s mortal remains — a tooth that ex-colonial power Belgium handed over to his family on Monday — from Brussels […]
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Villagers rushed to bury the dead Thursday and dug by hand through the rubble of their homes in search of survivors of a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 1,000 people. The Taliban and the international community that fled their takeover struggled to bring help to the disaster’s victims. […]
LAGOS JUNE 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A strategic Urhobo group under the aegis of Oja R’Urhobo with the slogan ‘Urhobo Y’Oteri has congratulated the winners of the various governorship primaries of Urhobo extraction across the political parties in Delta State. The group in a statement signed by Chief (Dr) Cecelia Ibru, Olorogun (Prof.) Joseph Abugu, SAN and Dr […]
Jun 23 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing at least 255 people, authorities said. Information remained scarce on the magnitude 6 temblor that struck Paktika province, but it comes as the international community largely has left Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover of the country last year amid the chaotic withdrawal of the […]
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party of Nigeria has recorded a breakthrough ahead of the 2023 general elections: The party, which suddenly burst into life with the recent membership of its Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, now has a Senator following the joining of the party by Senator Francis Ezenwa Onyewuchi – hitherto the only Peoples […]
Jun 21 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A human rights lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, has sued the National Population Commission (NPC) and two others at the Federal High Court, Lagos, challenging its intention to conduct national population census on April 2023 amid insecurity, just a month after the general elections in February and March. The two other respondents joined […]
Jun 21 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler arrived in Egypt, beginning a rare regional tour that will also seek to build bridges with former rival Turkey. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi will discuss ways to enhance ties between the two nations as well as regional and international political issues, […]
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-At least, 3,478 people were killed while 2,256 others were abducted across the country from December 2021 to June 15, 2022, a tally collated by The PUNCH has shown. The figures were obtained from the daily incidents recorded by the Nigeria Security Tracker, a project of the Council on Foreign Relations, an […]
Jun 21 2022 | Posted in
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