LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos Lawyer and Human Right Activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhoho slammed former Minister of transportation under Mohammed Buhari’s administration, Chibuike Amaechi over his recent statement on Nigerian silent despite the current economic hardship. Recall that Amaechi in a statement published in Punch Newspaper has expressed his disappointment at the way Nigerians are…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A tipper truck loaded with sharp sand has crushed three victims to death along the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, yesterday. According to eyewitness accounts, the truck was descending the sloppy road from the Total Roundabout-UNN Road when the driver allegedly experienced brake…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the greatest tennis players ever, the G.O.A.T (greatest of all time) for some, Rafael Nadal, has retired from the game at 38. The Mallorca-born left-hander has given up his tennis racquet after 22 Grand Slam titles, 92 ATP titles (single and double), and an unbelievable 14 French Open titles. If…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Internet fraudsters popularly called yahoo boys are suspected to have cleared all the money in the bank account of a Kogi civil servant , Mallam Ibrahim Zakari in Lokoja at the weekend. City and Crime gathered on Tuesday that the incident happened when the victim who works in the Ministry of Water…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirteen ex-fighters of the Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JASDJ), popularly known as Boko Haram, have escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by the Borno State government, which co-opted them to join military operatives in the fight against the insurgents in the state. The 13 are among thousands of former…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Access Bank has announced that it will temporarily shut services for a system upgrade aimed at optimising its offerings to customers. In an email sent to its customers on Tuesday, the bank stated that the upgrade will take place in phases, starting on Saturday, October 12, at 10 pm and ending on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen have reportedly attacked Ehime-Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, leaving many soldiers dead. The attack was said to have occurred at the army camp in the community on Tuesday night In a video circulating online, the gunmen could be seen chanting battle songs, while setting several operational vehicles on fire….