LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWRANGERS)-The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has charged parents and other stakeholders to rise up to the challenge of ensuring that illicit substances are kept away from young Nigerians, warning that complacency is capable of compromising the bright future ahead of…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday said that military troops have recovered N15 million cash from the members of Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups and their collaborators in the last two weeks in the Northern part of the country. Director, Defence Media Operations (DDMO), Major-General…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Thursday pledged to provide “logistics support” for the campaigns of Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi within the state. Wike also said Obi, a former Anambra State governor, has all the characteristic to lead Nigeria. The Rivers governor made this known to the LP…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigerians prepare for 2023 general election, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has vowed to bring to justice political actors who are found of encouraging violence. Alkali Baba who made the vow while addressing political stakeholders at a meeting with political parties and other stakeholders in preparation for the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has asked the Nigerian Customs authorities to release a detained Customs officer, Owombo John Segun who exposed how refined petroleum products, particularly Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, are being trafficked to Cameroon, Chad, Niger Republic and some other African nations. Falana made the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal forward Sadio Mane has undergone surgery on a knee injury he sustained playing for Bayern Munich and will miss the World Cup. On Tuesday, Senegal’s football federation said Mane, 30, would miss their “first games” at the tournament. But a further MRI scan was completed on Thursday that showed surgical intervention…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For a few weeks now, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari and his aviation minister have insisted that Nigeria Air, a new national carrier first announced in 2018, will begin operations this year with flights between Lagos and Abuja. The government scored a major win in September by getting Ethiopia Airlines to buy a…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s athletics federation says last week’s conviction of two of its athletes for their part in a fraud scheme uncovered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is “sad and damaging” for the country. On 10 November, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebakin were convicted for transferring tens of thousands of dollars to…