LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chairman of Oredo local government area, Edo State, Engr. Gabriel Iduseri, has revealed that the fire that rocked the Oba Market on Wednesday, October 8 was caused by a solar panel. According to Iduseri, the burnt part is currently under reconstruction Wednesday fire incident made it the second time fire engulfed the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Congolese heavyweight Martin Bakole has declared he would knock out Anthony Joshua if they meet in the ring in Nigeria, boasting he’ll do this in front of his own crowd, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Joshua is being lined up for a comeback fight in Nigeria early next year following his loss to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu on Monday evening accepted the resignation of the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Technology, Geoffrey Nnaji, following some allegations of certificate forgery levied against him. “He resigned today in a letter thanking the President for allowing him to serve Nigeria,” Special Adviser to the President on Information and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Turkish football pundit, Ahmet Çakar has claimed that Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen has been diagnosed with a chronic disease. Çakar made this assertion during a sports programme on television, suggesting that Osimhen’s recent aggressive behaviour on the pitch indicates underlying health issues. He claimed that Osimhen’s medical reports should be…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Adekunle Omoyele, has escaped an assassination attempt, after an ambush by gunmen in Osogbo on Monday. This is contained in a statement issued by the Corps spokesperson, Mr Abass Yusuf, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Osogbo. Yusuf said the ambush occurred on Monday at…
By Chief Malcolm Omirhobo LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two years have passed since October 7, yet the world still speaks as if history began that day. It didn’t. It began decades ago with occupation, siege, and the slow suffocation of over two million people trapped in Gaza. For 17 years, Gaza has been under blockade…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A judge in Albania has been shot dead after a man opened fire during a trial at the Court of Appeal in the capital, Tirana. Judge Astrit Kalaja died en route to hospital, officials said, while two others involved in the hearing over a property dispute – a father and son –…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British Airways (BA) flight from London to Abuja was forced to make an emergency diversion to Barcelona, Spain, after Prof. Osita Obierika, died mid-air. Obierika, a retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), was a former Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Training Command, Kaduna and a directing…