LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A fire outbreak that gutted an LG office in Abule Osun, Trade Fair, Lagos on Sunday, has destroyed properties reportedly worth millions of naira. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), which confirmed the incident in a statement signed by its Head, Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor, said the fire outbreak occurred […]
Aug 13 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The (NANS) has condemned the arrest of peaceful protesters across various states, including Akure, Kaduna, Jos, Kano, and others, issuing a 24-hour ultimatum to the Nigeria Police Force to release all detained student leaders and protesters. In a statement signed by NANS President of the Senate, Comrade Henry Okunomo, the association […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has announced that organisers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests will take legal action against the Nigerian government. This decision comes after peaceful protesters faced attacks, killings, arrests, and detentions by police and other security agencies during the 10-day nationwide demonstration against hunger, […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The World Bank Group Finances has disclosed that the Nigerian government is still repaying $10.6billion in loans taken by former presidents. The loans totalling 69 were obtained during the administrations of former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, the late Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, and Goodluck Jonathan. The Debt Management Office (DMO) had in June 2024 […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi has reacted to the conclusion of the #EndBadGovernance protests that swept across the nation from August 1st to August 10th. In a statement released on social media, Obi expressed his deepest condolences to the families of those who […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife and two daughters of a Kogi-based journalist, Muhammed Bashir, were among the ten members of the same family kidnapped on Thursday in Kaduna State. Bashir’s wife and his two daughters arrived in Kaduna earlier on Thursday for a holiday with her (the wife’s) family in a suburb of Kaduna. Bashir, […]
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LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Days after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Nigeria to protest against inflation and other economic hardships, clothing seller Michael Nwankwo is still counting the cost of the business he lost. At least 22 people died, according to Amnesty International, in the demonstrations that started on Thursday last […]
Aug 10 2024 | Posted in
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LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Sam Watson leaves the Paris Games with another world record in speed sport climbing but without the Olympic gold medal. The American broke the speed world record on Thursday for the second time at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but the feat came in the fight for the bronze after he was eliminated […]
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LAGOS AUGUS10TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A passenger plane crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all 61 people aboard and leaving a smoldering wreck, officials and the airline said. Officials did not say if anyone was killed on the ground in the neighborhood where the plane landed in the city of Vinhedo, […]
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Tobi Amusan, women’s 100m hurdles world record holder and Nigeria’s gold medal hope at the ongoing Paris 2024 Olympics, has missed out on qualifying for the final. In a semi-final race that was held on Friday, Amusan returned a time of 12.55 seconds to finish third behind Grace Stark of the United […]
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