LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians, including three presidential candidates, basked in the glory of the country’s first world athletics gold medal, welcoming a respite from bad news about economic hardships and deepening insecurity. Tobi Amusan, 25, won gold in the women’s 100m hurdles on Sunday in the World Athletics Championships after breaking the world record in…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least nine people have reportedly been killed after a bomb exploded in Bama Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State. POLITICS NIGERIA learnt that the incident happened on Monday afternoon. The victims were scrap metal scavengers who reside in Government Girls Secondary School Bama, which is now an internally displaced persons’…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mr. Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has appealed to his supporters to allow him to be the one to respond to his opponents when they make comments about him. Mr. Obi, former Anambra State governor, made the appeal in a Tweet on Monday. “I most sincerely appreciate all my…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has broken the ice on the viral speculations that he, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, former National Security Adviser, General Aliyu Gusau, and chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, are the big masqueraders behind Labour Party’s presidential…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN have continued to sustain their operational tempo in their Area of Operation which had resulted in the arrest of three suspected gun runners and two kidnappers in Plateau State Press statement signed by Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters Major General Benard Onyeuko sighted by NewsRangers stated that ,…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Nigerian men, Tosin Amos Arowoshegbe and Eze, lost their lives on Saturday following a shooting at a nightclub in the city of Vaughan, Ontario, north of Toronto in Canada. York Regional Police detectives said officers responded to report of a shooting at ATL Lounge, a restaurant and nightclub in the early…
LAGOS JULY Four-time Olympic gold medallist Michael Johnson says he was “accused of racism” after publicly questioning the accuracy of times recorded at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. Nigerian athlete Tobi Amusan looked visibly stunned when she saw her winning time of 12.12 seconds in the 100m hurdles semi-final on Sunday. Her run at…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unless urgent actions are taken by Southern lawmakers, plots to pass the controversial and vexatious Water Resources Bill that almost tore the nation apart through second reading at the House of Representatives has been intensified and concluded by Northern legislators. President Muhammadu Buhari’s representation of the bill first introduced in the 8th…
