LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-“NAN reports that Peter Obi on his twitter handle wrote “From Kano, I am watching the Obedient gathered in Abuja and exercising their Constitutional rights to peaceful assembly. I salute you all. “I appreciate you all. God bless you all and God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria. -PO”. ____________________________________ By Angela […]
Sep 25 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Queen Elizabeth II‘s final resting place at the King George VI Memorial Chapel has been marked with a new ledger stone, Buckingham Palace announced on Saturday. The stone is made of Belgian black marble with brass letter inlays to match the previous ledger, and it now sits within St. George’s Chapel in […]
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy occurred again amid heavy rainfall on Friday, when a three-storey building on Oyesonuga Street, Palm Avenue, off Oye Roundabout, Isolo Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, suddenly collapsed, killing at least four persons while three others were rescued. The incident, according to an eyewitness, happened around mid-day amid a rainstorm. […]
Sep 25 2022 | Posted in
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By Farooq A. Kperogi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ancient Greeks are credited with saying the truth is often the first casualty in war. I think in political campaigns, truth is also the first casualty, and we have started to see that already in the current election cycle in Nigeria. In this column, I highlight a few […]
Sep 25 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army (NA) has been declared overall winner of the just concluded 2022 Armed Forces Inter-Service Sports Competition (AFISSC), which ended at the Defence Headquarters Sports Complex, Mogadishu Military Cantonment, Abuja on Thursday, 22 September 2022. To emerged overall champion, the NA clinched first positions in cross country, taekwondo and volleyball […]
Sep 24 2022 | Posted in
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By Jerome-Mario Chijioke Utomi LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It may not be characterized as hasty to conclude that the president Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government , after living in denial for a very long time, have finally come to terms with the fact that Nigerian workers have in the past seven to eight years faced unprecedented hardship […]
Sep 24 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gang of armed men killed at least 15 people at a mosque in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, residents said on Saturday. The attack in the Bukkuyum local government area took place during Friday prayers at the Jumu’at central mosque in Ruwan Jema town, three residents told Reuters. “The armed bandits came […]
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two years after Samuel Ashola was shot in the leg during a peaceful protest in Nigeria’s economic capital Lagos, the unemployed artist boils with anger as he prepares to vote. “My blood is hot,” said the 30-year-old, before campaigning for the 2023 general elections starts later in September. “I’m from the ghetto, […]
Sep 24 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Lecturers from Nigerian public universities who have been striking since February appealed a court ruling ordering them to suspend their action, which has kept students away from class for the past seven months. ASUU lawyer Femi Falana filed papers at the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday seeking to set […]
Sep 24 2022 | Posted in
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LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons, comprising four male adults and a house wife, drowned in an attempt to escape being kidnapped by bandits at Chakumi village in Gurdi ward of Abaji area council of Abuja. It was reported that Chakumi shares boundary with neighboring Daku village through river Gurara in Dobi ward of Gwagwalada area […]
Sep 22 2022 | Posted in
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