LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in twenty sets of religious books bound for Saudi Arabia. According to the Director, Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the cocaine consignment consisted of twenty parcels with a total weight of 500 grams…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A 77-year-old Nigerian immigrant and Uber driver, Olatunji Bolaji, was tragically shot and killed early Wednesday morning while picking up a passenger outside a popular hookah lounge in Philadelphia. According to Philadelphia Police, the fatal shooting occurred around 2 a.m. outside the Byblos restaurant and hookah lounge located on the 100 block…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Presently, Nigeria is engrossed with insecurity which involves kidnappings, armed robbery, killing of innocent souls and banditry attack. It has become imminent that Nigerians cannot travel freely across the country without fear of being abducted for ransom or attack by armed gunmen. Farmers can no longer go to farms for fear of…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) extends its warmest congratulations to Mr. Femi Soneye, Chief Corporate Communications Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), on his prestigious win as the Spokesperson in the Oil and Gas Sector Award for 2025 and recognition as the overall Spokesman of the…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-World leaders pay tributes as The Pope Franci’s death comes fewer than 24 hours after he made an appearance at the Vatican’s St Peter’s Square for Easter Sunday. He came out in a wheelchair and waved from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica to cheering crowds and said: “Dear brothers and sisters,…
By Zagazola Makama LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The government of Burkina Faso has announced the foiling of an attempted coup allegedly involving President Ibrahim Traoré’s Chief of Staff and a network of foreign and local actors, in what authorities describe as a sophisticated plot to assassinate the junta leader and destabilize the Sahel nation. The accused…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says the death toll from the building collapse in the Ojodu-Berger area has increased to five. The three-storey building, located at 9&10 Oremeta street, crumbled on Saturday, trapping employees of a restaurant and customers beneath the debris. The agency had initially reported that one person…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the economic reforms undertaken by Nigeria since 2023 have significantly improved the country’s capacity to withstand external economic shocks. This observation was contained in the 2025 Article IV Consultation report, which the IMF released on Friday. The report followed a visit by an IMF…