LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national electricity grid collapsed again on Friday evening, making it the third time the grid had collapsed within the space of one month. Some power distribution companies confirmed the development in separate messages on Friday evening. The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company stated that the collapse had resulted in power outage in…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian gospel singer, Sister Osinachi Nwachukwu, has reportedly died. She was said to have breathed her last on Friday. The Imo State-born gospel singer died at the age of 42 years. Although no official confirmation yet from family members and close associates, the mother of four was said to have died in…
By Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For any country to insist that it’s citizens must mandatory have a national identification number the country itself must provide an enabling environment to make the registration exercise work . First and foremost the country must have the record of its latest population census and a working…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL has made a dramatic emergency landing at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria international airport, skidded off the runway and broke in two, losing its tail. DHL, part of Deutsche Post AG, said the crew was unharmed and that one member was undergoing a medical review…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have reportedly attacked an Army patrol van in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State. It was gathered the incident happened in the early hours Friday when the soldiers were on patrol. It was gathered the attackers laid ambush…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An expectant mother and her husband, a couple and two sisters are among those being held by terrorists who attacked an Abuja-Kaduna train, it was learnt yesterday. Aliyu Mahmud, a relative of the seven-month pregnant woman, was among the victims’ families who staged a peaceful protest at the Radio House in Abuja…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Assembly has begun moves to thwart the actions of some members of the federal executive who are bent on removing Section 84(12) from the Electoral Act 2022. The PUNCH on Thursday gathered that the nation’s apex legislature had started the process of appealing the judgment of a Federal High Court,…
LAGOS APRIL 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lawyers for the family of ex-Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara on Thursday demanded former president Blaise Compaore be extradited after he received a life term in absentia over the revolutionary icon’s 1987 assassination. A military court on Wednesday sentenced Compaore — who seized power in a 1987 coup coinciding with Sankara’s death…
