LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A member of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, identified as Kamoru Omokoye, has been shot dead by suspected cultists at Abijo Bus Stop in the Ibeju-Lekki area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that Omokoye was attacked and shot in the head by the assailants on Sunday morning. It was…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released the names of 25 personnel and passengers who died in the crash involving its ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State. The NAF also confirmed that no survivor has been found following the accident, which occurred while the aircraft was on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, one of the pilots of the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, which crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, got married in an elaborate ceremony in Abuja two weeks before the accident. Man-Ugwueje tied the knot with Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle on September 19, 2026,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A United States-based advocacy firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, has filed a $57 million lawsuit against Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, the Federal Government of Nigeria, former Aviation Minister Femi Fani-Kayode and DCI Group over alleged defamation and conspiracy to kidnap and physically harm its founder, Dr. Von Batten. The firm disclosed this in a…
By Aderonke Oluwadare LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s micro, small and medium sized enterprises remain central to the country’s economic growth, employment and household incomes. According to the NBS and SMEDAN MSME 2021 survey, as cited in PwC Nigeria’s MSME Survey 2024, MSMEs account for 96.9 per cent of businesses, 87.9 per cent of employment,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Felix Morka, said President Bola Tinubu did not unilaterally remove Nigeria’s petrol subsidy, arguing that legislation had already abolished the policy before the President assumed office. Naija News reports that Morka made the clarification during an interview on Arise News while defending…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The university community of Tansian University, Umunya, Anambra State, has been thrown into mourning following the sudden d!ath of its newly inaugurated Vice Chancellor, Professor Carter Dike Umeoduagu. The 44-year-old professor was reportedly inaugurated as the substantive Vice Chancellor on October 2, 2026, but suddenly took ill and d!ed on October 3,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation Of African Football (CAF) has sent an official apology to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) over the poor playing surface, where they lost 0-3 to Guinea-Bissau in the 2027 AFCON qualifiers, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports. Nigeria played the game at the Estádio Nacional 24 de Setembro in Guinea-Bissau, a pitch which can easily…
