LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra State Governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed admiration for lawyer and activist Dele Farotimi. Obi disclosed this in a tweet on Friday, following his visit to Farotimi, who recently returned from a correctional facility in Ekiti. The politician noted that Farotimi remains in high spirits…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, says the 150,000 barrels per day, bpd, Port Harcourt Refinery and Kaduna Refinery are currently undergoing a total overhaul designed to meet world-class standards. According to the NNPCL, the rehabilitation done at the 60,000 bpd Port Harcourt Refinery and Warri Refinery was not the typical…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRS)-Uadiale Christiana Jacob, aka Christy Evan Osagie, a wanted convicted leader of an international human trafficking network has been arrested by the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. The socialite whose network operates across the Middle Eastern countries with an operational base in the United Arab…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has stated that former Presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 general election, Peter Obi visit to former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) is a minus. Recall that Peter Obi on Thursday visited a former Head of State Ibrahim…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A police officer in Zambia has been arrested for allegedly releasing over a dozen prisoners so they could celebrate New Year’s Eve. Detective Inspector Titus Phiri “forcibly seized cell keys” on Tuesday morning whilst “in a state of intoxication,” Zambia’s Police Service said in a press release on Wednesday. “Subsequently, (Phiri) unlocked…
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials said…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi on Thursday visited a former Head of State Ibrahim Babangida at his residence in Minna, Niger State. The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate in the 2023 election said the visit was a chance to share thoughts on national issues with the elder statesman. “From Jigawa state, I travelled to Minna,…
LAGOS JANUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has extended an invitation to former President Olusegun Obasanjo for a tour of the Port Harcourt Refinery to verify its operational status. This development follows Obasanjo’s recent interview with Channels Television, where he cited advice from Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) suggesting the refinery would…