By Benjamin Mragbozo LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-This year marks 25 years since the establishment of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a body created in 2000 with the noble intention of addressing the age-old marginalization and underdevelopment of the oil-rich Niger Delta. However, for the people of Delta State — one of the region’s…
Residents of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State now live under the fear of sudden attack by mentally-deranged persons, especially youths hit by drug-induced amnesia. LEADERSHIP checks revealed that the influx of unkempt youths devastated by routine sipping, inhaling, sniffing and injection of hard substances in liquids and powdery forms, have become a menace, especially in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, has threatened to sue Deji Adeyanju over alleged defamatory publications on social media. Obi’s lawyer, Alex Ejesieme (SAN), accused Adeyanju of spreading false and malicious statements against his client, portraying him as corrupt, fraudulent, and a religious bigot. According to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- The Iran-backed Houthis raided offices of the United Nations’ food, health and children’s agencies in Yemen’s capital Sunday, detaining at least 11 U.N. employees, officials said. The rebels tightened security across Sanaa after Israel killed their prime minister and several Cabinet members. Abeer Etefa, a spokesperson for the World Food Program,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Sunday’s raids followed the killing of the Houthi prime minister and several of his Cabinet members in an Israeli strike Thursday. It was a blow to the Iran-backed rebels who have launched attacks on Israel and ships in the Red Sea in relation to the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sule Fabiyi, a septuagenarian residing in Osogbo, Osun State, has narrated how banker Abdulwahab Sani Shehu allegedly terminated a N10.5 million fixed deposit investment he once had with First Bank and subsequently mismanaged the sum. While speaking with FIJ on Friday, Fabiyi said Shehu used to be the financial institution’s business banker…
LAGOS AUGUST 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria needs bold investments to address the energy deficit that affects millions of households and industries, Chairman of off-grid impact investment company All On, and Managing Director of Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo), Ronald Adams said yesterday while addressing business leaders at the 2025 International Business Conference &…
LAGOS AUGUST 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A passenger train travelling from Abuja to Kaduna derailed on Tuesday morning, leaving several carriages overturned and triggering panic among those on board. PUNCH Online gathered the incident occurred along the popular corridor shortly after the train departed Abuja around 11 a.m., en route to Kaduna. The incident has caused passengers fleeing…