LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Carrying permits demanding “fast passage,” truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the center of a vast effort to contain a new viral disease. Outside the metropolis in central China, the cargo was shifted to local trucks with…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of al-Qaida’s Yemen branch is believed to have been killed in a U.S. airstrike earlier this year. The New York Times said three current or former U.S. officials “expressed confidence” that Qasim al-Raymi, the emir of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), was killed in Yemen, although there was no…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States embassy in Nigeria has described a report that David Oyedepo, founder of the Living Faith Church, was denied a visa, as “false”. ThisDay had on Thursday reported that the embassy denied the cleric the document, stating that he did not qualify for visa renewal. He was also urged to…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In this interview,Veteran singer Majek Fashek’s manager, Omenka Uzoma talks about the ordeal he went through while the singer was seriously sick..He also reveal the Singer’s present location and health status and how the family ganged up against him…. Last year, Majek Fashek was suddenly flown to the UK for medical treatment,…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A mild drama, thursday, played out at the Lagos office of the Embassy of the United States as the founder of Faith Tabernacle in Ota, Ogun State and Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners’ Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo was denied visa. But an ace comedian, Abovi Ugboma, popularly known…
LAGOS JANUARY31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ethiopian Airlines on Thursday suspended all flights to China, where an outbreak of coronavirus has killed at least 170 people, according to the airline’s passenger call centre. The airline, Africa’s most profitable, is the main gateway between China and Africa and suspension of its service is expected to significantly disrupt air travel. The…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials of Tema Port Authorities in Ghana have arrested 3 Nigerian stowaways who sneaked into the MV Unity vessel they thought was going to Spain at Apapa Port in Nigeria. The suspects who hoped to arrive Spain in search of greener pastures were identified as Isaac Daniel 32, Stephen Nuta 28 and Kelvin Popoola 26. They were found hiding…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The controversy surrounding the creation of a security outfit for the South West, Amotekun, continues to grow. The one group which feels will be targeted the most by the outfit has denounced the outfit once more. In a statement released by it’s national president, Muhammad Kitowa, Nigeria’s cattle breeders association said that…
