LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The ongoing annual 2023 Calabar festival has recorded a drop in the number of participating states across Nigeria and the number of countries against what it recorded last year. In the 2022 edition of the international Calabar carnival, a total of 10 countries and 20 states in Nigeria participated in the carnival….
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Canadian government has reopened two caregiver immigration programs from January 1, 2024, offering a pathway for qualified caregivers and their families to migrate and become permanent residents. Gatekeepers News reports that the two immigration programs which are the Home Child Care Provider Pilot and the Home Support Worker Pilot, are 5-year…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An eight-man gang of kidnappers reportedly invaded Lutfulahi mosque, abducting Alhaji Murithador Sadullahi Akanho Olamide, the Imam of Muhadul-iftai-wa-sadah Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies, along with businessman Engr. Olayemi Arasi, CEO of Hollarams Technical Services Ltd in Lufuape along Sagamu Interchange in Ogun State. The Guardian gathered that the kidnappers targeted…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The UN human rights chief said Thursday he was “deeply alarmed” by the string of attacks on villages in central Nigeria which left nearly 200 dead, according to local authorities. Armed groups launched attacks between Saturday evening and Tuesday morning in Nigeria’s Plateau State, a region plagued for several years by religious…
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A dramatic scene unfolded yesterday at the Ibadan private residence of the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The presence of journalists that converged to cover the condolence visit of the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde to the deceased residence sparked off resistance….
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has refunded over N80 million allegedly extorted by the Anti-Cyber Crime Unit attached to the State CID of Rivers State Police Command to its owner, Davidson John Atubi, the Chairman of a pipeline surveillance facility. Also returned were two plasma televisions, gold worth over N5 million and a…