Archive for: June, 2023

Gunmen Abduct  Eight  Oil Workers In Lagos Waterway

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eight workers of an oil company have been abducted by gunmen on the waterway in Lagos State. The workers, who were reportedly returning home on Monday, were attacked around the Tin Can Island area of the state. The workers were reportedly on the way to Apapa, after the close of work, when […]

Madonna Hospitalized, Forced To Postpone World Tour

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Madonna’s career-spanning Celebration tour has been postponed after the singer developed a severe infection requiring hospitalization, according to her management. “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious bacterial infection which led to a several day stay in the ICU,” longtime manager Guy Oseary wrote on Instagram. “Her health is improving, however […]

Eid Mubarak: Obi Celebrates With Anambra Muslim Community, Sues For Peace, Unity, One Love

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has celebrated the Eid-al-Adha 2023 with the Anambra Muslim Community in Onitsha while calling on Nigerians to embrace peace, unity and brotherly love. Obi, who was visited, in his residence, by the leaders of Anambra Muslim Community, said that he decided to celebrate […]

Group Felicitates Lagbaja On Appointment As Chief Of Army Staff

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Group under the aegis of Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other  Security Agencies, PSNAFSA has  congratulated  Major General Taoreed Lagbaja over his recent appointment as  the   23rd Chief of Army Staff,  COAS by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on June 19,2023. The group in a statement signed by its […]

Inflation Travail In Nigeria And Matters Arising

By Okeke Destiny Chiyere LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over the years,inflation and hikes has been a major setback in the Nigerian economy. Prices of goods have been making a rapid climb in Africa’s most populous country since August,2019 when the country shut it’s borders from neighboring countries and continued unabated owing to supply chain distributors induced […]

Eid-el-Kabir Festivities Turn To Unification Carnival In Lagos Island

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The observance of Eid-el-Kabir on Wednesday turned into a carnival and a unification event for residents on Lagos Island. The Muslim community’s yearly ritual of ram slaughtering was marked with much fanfare among Islanders amid music entertainment, cooking, eating, and the popping of champagne. The event, which began with prayers in mosques […]

Bad Weather: Over 3,000 US Flights Disrupted As Travel Chaos Worsens

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over 3,000 flights were already canceled or delayed by midday Wednesday, as the spate of severe weather battering the Northeast continued to impact major airlines. As of noon Wednesday, 799 flights within, into, or out of the US had been axed in addition to 2,457 delays, according to FlightAware. United Airlines was […]

Nigerians Celebrate Eid Festivities  Meandering  Economic Woes

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians marked the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on Wednesday with prayers, celebrations and family dinners as many navigated high inflation, a steep currency devaluation and growing transport costs. Africa’s most populous nation is almost equally divided between the predominantly Muslim north and a Christian south, though many southerners are Muslim, including […]

Nigeria Vote Damaged Public Confidence In Democracy- EU

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s elections this year were marred by problems that undermined public trust in democracy, European Union observers said. President Bola Tinubu won a ballot held on Feb. 25 — a result that the two runners up are disputing in court. Voters elected federal lawmakers on the same day and chose state governors […]

‘Debris Recovered From Titan Submersible Contains ‘Presumed Human Remains’

LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Debris recovered from the submersible that catastrophically imploded while on a voyage to see the Titanic wreckage last week contained “presumed human remains,” the U.S. Coast Guard said. Salvaged pieces of the Titan vessel were unloaded from the Canadian ship Horizon Arctic at the Canadian Coast Guard pier in St. John’s, Newfoundland, […]

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