LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, has opened up on the rumored attacks of Igbo traders in Lagos. The African Examiner writes that there have been rumors that thugs were attacking the businesses of Igbos in Lagos after the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), announced that Peter Obi, the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States is set to increase visitor visa validity from 24 months to 60 months for Nigerians who want to enter the US temporarily for business and/or tourism, a statement by the US Consulate General said on Monday. The new policy will start from Wednesday, March 1, 2023, the statement said….
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed thugs on Monday invaded some markets in Lagos and attacked traders and buyers. Markets allegedly invaded include Ladipo, Balogun and Ebute-Ero, all on Lagos Island and Mainland. The thugs were said to have arrived at the markets around 10 am and started dislodging the traders of their goods and in the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the collation of the presidential election continues, some youths have protested against the results being reeled out. The protesters, who are mostly youths, stormed the national collation centre, the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja, to express their displeasure over the election results. The youths, led by activist, Moses Ogidi-Paul, described…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s 2023 general elections were “largely peaceful” despite administrative and logistical hurdles at many polling units, according to an independent group of Commonwealth observers. The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group, former President of South Africa H.E. Thabo Mbeki, delivered his team’s preliminary assessment of the electoral process at a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A team of International scholars assembled in the meeting Room A-4 in the just completed ultra modern aerospace engineering building at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom, on February 13 2023 and joined virtually in the assessment of Post field presentations. Caleb University as an institution with international academic standard, ensured…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (EWSRANGERS)-In the 20th century, Africa produced several significant political figures. Influential leaders, like Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, and Nelson Mandela of South Africa, were among them. However, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, a revolutionary musician from Nigeria who promoted Pan-Africanism and spoke out in favor of Africans’ rights, was instrumental…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, Dino Melaye on Monday caused a stir at the National Collation Centre when he rejected the presidential election result declared for Ekiti State, alleging over-voting. The drama started before the beginning of collation when Melaye, who is also the agent…