LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following discrepancy discovered in the story of an amputee sachet water hawker, Mary Daniels, 26, who recently received donations from Nigerians due to her situation, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the relevant ministry to hand over the matter to the state Police Command for further investigation. Daniels’ viral story…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed Saturday, February 18 for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made this known on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organised by the Senate Committee on INEC. He said, “By…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN have reportedly prepared an ‘unbeatable’ three-year contract for Lionel Messi. The 33-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season, and is yet to agree a new deal with Barcelona. And after spectacularly slapping in a transfer request last summer before withdrawing it, many expect the six-time Ballon…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Clifford Ordia narrated how he survived gunmen attack twice in 24 hours along Okene-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abuja roads on Monday. Ordia, who chairs the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, told newsmen in Abuja that the gunmen opened fire on his convoy while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The State Security Service has held Usman Bugaje for criticising the Buhari administration’s handling of insecurity across the country. Mr Bugaje, a politician and scholar, was held by state agents after appearing on AIT, Peoples Gazette learnt. He has been at the secret police’s custody since 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, sources said….
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A trans-border trafficker, Emeka Okoro and another drug dealer, Ibrahim Bello have been arrested in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with cocaine weighing 1.1kilogramme, which has a street value of N264million. While Okoro was intercepted with 900grammes of cocaine in a commercial bus along Abuja-Gwagwalada road…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chandler Good Government Index has ranked Nigeria as the third worst governed country in the world. The report ranked the nation very low in governance, leadership and foresight, scoring the country 102 out of 104 countries with a score of 0.319 points, ahead of Zimbabwe and Venezuela. The 2021 report released…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A coalition of 52 northern groups on Monday called on the global community to intervene in persuading Nigerian government and United Nations to facilitate the final actualisation of the Biafran dream by the Igbo. While describing as empty and of no effect “threats and promises” by the President, Major General Muhammad Buhari…
