LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As controversy continues to surround the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, over alleged links to terrorist groups, the Presidency has come under severe criticism for backing the embattled senior government official. Pantami, in one of his old sermons that resurfaced recently, praises notorious terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, and…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Things are fast falling into place for Mary Daniel, the 26-year-old amputee water hawker and her life is showing significant transformation. The single mum, who used to sell bottled water on highways in the Oshodi area of Lagos, marked her 27th birthday on Friday with fanfare. “I feel happy today,” Daniel enthused…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank says Nigeria now has the highest percentage of the population without access to electricity globally, overtaking the Democratic Republic of Congo in unreliable and widespread blackouts. According to the bank, over twenty-five percent of Nigeria’s population has no access to electricity supply, this was stated during a virtual engagement…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Heavily armed gunmen have raided the ancestral home of former Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Senator Jonathan Silas Zwingina, Faru village, in Adamawa State. Security sources in Guyuk Local Government Area have confirmed that the gunmen burnt down the village beyond recognition as well as killing scores of persons. Eye witness accounts say…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a boat wreck off Libya, independent rescue groups and the U.N. migration agency said, as attempts to cross the Mediterranean increase during the warmer months. Humanitarian organizations have accused the Libyan coast guard and European authorities of failing to meet their responsibilities to…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The owners of Manchester United have set 4 billion pounds ($5.55 billion) as the asking price to sell the football club, the Irish Mirror reported https://bit.ly/2S1oZYx on Saturday. “City investors believe a bid close to their £4 billion asking price would tempt brothers Joel and Avram (Glazer), who effectively run the club,…
LAGOS APRIL 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s presidency says it “stands behind” an embattled minister facing calls for his resignation after extreme Islamist views he held in the past recently came to light. Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, and also a renowned Muslim cleric, expressed views sympathetic to groups such as al-Qaeda and Boko Haram….
LAGOS APRIL 223RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a houseboy, Emmanuel Akpan for killing his madam, Mrs Febisola Caroline Adebayo, a food canteen operator. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Bolaji Salami, disclosed this on Thursday, April 22, while parading the suspect and his accomplice Goodness Ekpe, before newsmen in Akure. According to the CP,…
