
LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Major cities in Niger are facing rolling blackouts following last week’s coup in the West African country. The power shortages are a result of Nigeria cutting supplies to its northern neighbour, Niger’s electricity company Nigelec says. The West African trading bloc Ecowas has imposed sanctions on Niger over the coup but has […]

LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia might be currently disrupting soccer with world record transfer bids and offers of huge salaries, but Barcelona President Joan Laporta has told CNN Sport that there are “no sporting reasons” for a player to move to the Gulf state and play in the Saudi Pro League (SPL). “Fortunately, most of […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Angry protesters of the Nigerian Labour Congress, on Wednesday, pulled down the gates of the National Assembly in Abuja. The protesters led by the leaders of the Organised Labour, Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, SAN, has declared interest in political party participation as he formerly joined the opposition Labour Party of Nigeria (LP). Videos and pictures of Olumide attending LP’s ward meeting in Benin City, Edo state on Monday were shared on his Twitter […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In a video via YouTube, the Spiritual Leader of the Adoration Ministry in Enugu, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka sent a warning message to President Tinubu and other prominent Nigerians, saying a revolution will soon happen in the country. Urging the President to find a lasting solution to the current economic situation in […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Election Petitions Court (PEPC) in Abuja has called on citizens to put the country in their prayers ahead of its final judgment in different petitions challenging President Bola Ahmed’s electoral victory. The PEPC made the call after reserving its judgement in the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidential Election Petition Court sitting in Abuja has reserved judgement in the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the February 23 presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, against the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The court also reserved judgment in a […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The shots heard in the early hours of Tuesday in the centre of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, were “warning shots” provoked by the presence of an individual within the “security perimeter” of an airbase, a government source told AFP. “These were warning shots after an individual found himself in the security perimeter […]

LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Executive Director Operations of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Shehu Ahmed is critically ill and has been away from the office for many months. Ahmed, a retired Deputy Director at the Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), was recalled from retirement in March 2020 and appointed as NIMASA Executive […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians have begun a “warm up” protest in Kano State over the hike of petrol price from N195 to N617, naira devaluation, school fees increment and other anti-poor policies of the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government. Photographs of the protest obtained by SaharaReporters on Tuesday confirmed that the Joint Action Front (JAF) […]
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