LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health agency’s bid to improve safety conditions for the country’s addicts. The licensing deal comes after a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands, by decriminalizing […]
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Opposition parties in Nigeria’s fiercely contested polls will attempt to do what has been described as the impossible – getting a court to overturn the outcome of a presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation. Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, the second and third-placed candidates in the tightest presidential election since the […]
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered the central bank to extend until Dec. 31 the use of old banknotes, whose withdrawal from circulation became an election issue after it caused cash shortages, widespread hardship and anger. The timing left many Nigerians fed up, hungry and exhausted right before a national election to […]
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region killed at least 12 people Friday, police said, although local residents reported a much higher death toll. The explosion in Emuoha council area of the southern Rivers state occurred along a pipeline targeted by illegal refinery operators […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people are feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe commumity in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the explosion occurred when one of the buses loaded with crude oil ‘packaged in bags’ to transport to a refining site had started […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Six states of the federation; Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over the conduct, collation and announcement of the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. Naija News understands that the six states are asking the Supreme Court to declare that […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are through to the semi-finals at the 2023 Africa U-20 World Cup following a 1-0 win over the Hippos of Uganda. The seven-time champions also secured a place at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup after the hard-earned victory. The Hippos were the better side in the opening minutes […]
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says the election results do not “reflect the will of the people”. His statement comes amid criticisms of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to electronically transmit results to its portal. On Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, declared Bola Tinubu, […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address technical hitches reportedly associated with the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the governorship and state assembly elections on March 11. Ned Price, Spokesperson for the State Department, in a statement, said Nigerians were clearly within their […]
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has so far uploaded 147,578 results from 176, 846 polling units, five days after the presidential election. The figure represents 83 per cent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. Nigerians […]
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