LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The embattled Governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki met with Akwa Ibom State Governor Udom Emmanuel at Government House, Uyo, on Sunday. The event was Obaseki’s second meeting with a governor elected under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party. He earlier met Governor Wike of Rivers State at the Government House…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Burundian president died from the coronavirus, according to medics at the hospital where he was flown to following his death. The country’s government had announced Pierre Nkurunziza’s cause of death as from a heart attack. A medical source at the Karusi hospital where Nkurunziza died, has confirmed the president was in ‘respiratory…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency Sunday formally reacted to the shooting incident inside the State House involving security personnel attached to the First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, as exclusively reported by THEWILL on Friday. It was reported how the power tussle in the Presidential Villa between First Lady Aisha Buhari and Sabiu ‘Tunde’ Yusuf, the…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)- An Irish court has ordered Nigerian born blogger based in Ireland, Esther Esabod Aboderin to take down all defamatory posts on social media on Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II with immediate effect. According to Irish Times.ie, Ooni has dragged the Ireland-based blogger, Esther Esabod…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared that travelers to Nigeria are now required to submit their passports with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) for two weeks pending the verification of their COVID-19 status. The directive is contained in a circular addressed to all diplomatic, consular and international organisations accredited to Nigeria in line…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World football governing body, FIFA, has again showered encomiums on the wonder goal scored by former Nigerian skipper Sunday Oliseh against Spain at the France 1998 World Cup. Recalling Oliseh’s strike on its 22nd year-anniversary, FIFA shared a clip of the goal on the Federation’s Twitter handle with these words: “Sunday Oliseh…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian international, Anthony Nwakaeme, who plays for Trabzonspor in Turkey, scored the first goal in the Turkish League, which restarted Friday with his team’s game against Goztepe. The Turkish Super Lig was suspended like other leagues across the world. Nwakaeme, who gave his side a deserving lead in the 16th minutes of…
LAGOS JUNE 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sidiqu Abubakar, the Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, has said the fortunes of the All Progressives Congress was going down. Lawan’s aide made this known in reaction to the disqualification of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, by the party’s Screening Committee for the state’s…
