LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The price of major food items has significantly increased across several markets in Lagos State, as Nigeria grapples with the high cost of goods and services. The cost of filling a 12.5kg cylinder of gas increased by 44% in October 2023, selling for an average of N13,750. Also, the price of a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Hamas released two more hostages on Monday, identified by Israeli officials as Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, just days after releasing two American women on Friday. Cooper and Lifshitz were abducted from their homes in Kibbutz Nir Oz, a small Israeli community near the Gaza border that came under attack on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH(NEWSRANGERS)-President Joe Biden said Monday he would not consider backing a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war until all hostages kidnapped by Hamas are released. “We should have those hostages released and then we can talk,” Biden told reporters when asked about the potential for a ceasefire in exchange for Hamas releasing approximately 200…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Umuahia on Saturday following the death of a musician, on the eve of a burial ceremony at Amuzukwu, Umuahia North LGA of Abia State. The musician, who was identified as Chika Ofor, was said to have slumped on his band’s stage on Friday night, some minutes after coming…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have attacked a customs house in Geidam town, Geidam LGA, Yobe State, killing one officer, identified as Usman Gombe. Daily Trust gathered that the insurgents stormed the customs house along Maine Soroa road in a Volkswagen Golf and a Land Rover around 10pm on Saturday and started shooting….
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential election, Peter Obi, has congratulated a Nigerian, Uzoma Asagwara, on her swearing-in as a Health minister in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Asagwara also doubles as the Deputy Premier of the province. In a series of tweets shared on Sunday via…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government is reviewing and expanding the National Social Register to accommodate pensioners and ex-servicemen under its Conditional Cash Transfer scheme. It is also removing beneficiaries who have excited the poverty line. Saturday PUNCH gathered that the government was also taking out dead beneficiaries from the register and would disqualify those…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A dispatch rider simply identified as Lucky was, on Friday, killed by the flood that ravaged a section of Dongo Gada village at Lokogoma axis, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). Eye witnesses said the indigene of Kaduna State was trying to navigate through the heavy flood when his motorcycle slipped into a…