LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has splashed N200m on Team Nigeria’s athletes to the just-concluded World Athletic Championship in Oregon, USA and Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, UK. Speaking at a special reception organised for the athletes at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, President Buhari announced N200 millon reward for Team Nigeria contingent […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s consumer inflation surged to a 17-year high in August 2022, its statistics agency said Thursday, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa’s largest economy. The Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reported in its latest consumer price index that inflation rose to 20.5% in August, up from 19.6% in […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inspector General of Police of Nigeria (IGP) Musiliu Smith has resigned as the Chairman Police Service Commission (PSC). PSC spokesperson Ikechukwu Ani confirmed his resignation Ani said Smith’s resignation was on health grounds and President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted it. Ani said: “Yes he resigned on his own on medical grounds […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abducted Imo monarch, Eze Joel Udenkwo, the traditional ruler of Umudi in Nkwere Local Government Area of the State has escaped from captivity. The monarch who narrated how he escaped from his abductors on Monday at a forest in Okwu , Ikeduru council area said he took advantage of the dizziness of […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has advised Nigerians to be wary of the source of income of other candidates in the coming election. In a video trending on social media, Obi said bad behavior had become a measure of success in Nigeria, stressing that […]
Sep 15 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-London-based Vlogger, Ms Maureen Badejo is in the news again. But this time, for the bad as she has again lost an appeal against mounting Court rulings against her in respect to several defamatory statements she had made against Dr. Daniel Olukoya and his wife, Dr. (Mrs) Folashade Olukoya. Dr. Olukoya is […]
Sep 15 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, described as “barbaric and condemnable,” the shooting in Anambra State at the convoy of the Senator representing Anambra South District, Ifeanyi Ubah. According to a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Buhari said […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Current pressures due to poor funding, staff shortages, and inadequate preparation mean that health systems around the world are unfit to cope with another pandemic, an international survey to assess the effects of COVID-19 on health and care workers has revealed. 49 percent of healthcare professionals surveyed in countries including the UK, […]
Sep 15 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was involved in a car accident early Thursday morning in Kyiv but suffered “no serious injuries,” his press secretary said. Another car collided with the president’s car and his escort vehicles in Ukraine’s capital city, Zelensky’s press secretary Sergii Nykyforov said in a statement. “The president was examined […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least two Nigerians have been reportedly killed and 12 others rescued while aboard the Ophelia Panana ship off the shores of Gbanken Beach in Grand Kru Town. The beach is about five kilometers from Grand Cess City. Those killed on the ship were identified as Frank and Osas Velurobo. According to […]