LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-As many as 19 people are feared to have lost their lives after a boat mishap in Apapa, Lagos state. Multiple online reports claim that the death toll from the incident has risen as high as 19, while one person has been rescued. In a video sighted by LailasNews, a middle aged…
By Tai Emeka Obasi LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-For those who were not yet in secondary schools when HE Peter Obi became governor, you might truly have physically missed the beginning. I had already graduated from the university over a decade before he started campaigning towards 2003 gubernatorial election. But I didn’t give him a thought…
The governor, who said this while receiving Muslim leaders at Government House, in Benin City, expressed his readiness to stand with the people, defend their interests and develop the state. Obaseki said: “I am not afraid of any man but God. I know the gang up is to provoke me and my supporters but we…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine people have died in India from drinking alcohol-based hand sanitiser after liquor shops in their town were closed due to virus restrictions, police said on Friday. The group lost consciousness after consuming a “high quantity” of hand sanitiser mixed with water or soda, Siddharth Kaushal, police superintendent for Kurichedu town in…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja reacted for the first time on the allegations of corruption leveled against the leaderships of some Federal Government Agencies and Commissions. These commissions include the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The president, who spoke after observing his…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been asked to probe the administrations of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Minister of Works, Babtunde Raji Fashola (SAN) as governors of Lagos state. Asiwaju Tinubu was governor of the state between 1999 and 2007 while Fashola also governed the state between 2007…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army has dismissed over 300 soldiers from service for deserting the Operation Lafiya Dole counter-insurgency campaign in the North-East and going away without leave, among other allegations. Findings by our correspondent revealed that the men were disengaged by their unit commanders between 2015 and 2016. Investigations showed that some of the soldiers…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, popularly known as Fazza has shown kindness to a Nigerian couple stranded in Dubai over huge hospital bills. The couple, Tijani and Suliyah Abdulkareem had been stranded at the hospital since July 1 over $120,000 as hospital bills to deliver their Quadruplets. The babies were said…
