LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen killed about 15 people in an attack on a mosque in northern Burkina Faso during prayers on Friday evening, a security source and a local official told Reuters. The gunmen entered the mosque in the village of Salmossi in the Oudalan region bordering Mali and opened fire, the two sources said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck residents of Aboru and Iyana-Ipaja in the Alimosho area of Lagos on Saturday as the flood swept away an 11-year-old boy and his rescuer, one Wasiu into a canal linking Aburo and Iyana-Ipaja on Ige Road. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited the scene of the accident…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The recent alleged sexual harassment of female students by lecturers at the University of Lagos may only be a tip of the iceberg as more female students from tertiary institutions across the country have narrated their ugly experiences. Young girls who spoke with our correspondents in different parts of the country explained…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Dino Melaye has boasted that he would defeat Senator Smart Adeyemi again in a re-run election to be conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The Appeal Court had on Friday upheld the election of the National Assembly Kogi Election Tribunal which nullified the election of Melaye and ordered a…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, has dispelled the rumour that went viral on the social media that President Buhari would wed the Minister of Humanitarian and Disaster Management, Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouq, as a second wife yesterday. Adesina said the rumour was false and a deceptive manoeuvre…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the discovery of hydrocarbon deposits in the Kolmani River II Well on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin, in the North-Eastern part of the country. It would be recalled that drilling of the Kolmani River II Well was flagged-off in a colourful ceremony by…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Sequel to the presentation of the 2020 Appropriation Bill by Mr President to the National Assembly, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the immediate suspension of international travels by all Cabinet Members and Heads of Government Agencies so as to enable Honourable Ministers personally lead the process of Budget defence at the National…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-DStv and GOtv subscribers will have front row seats this Sunday when Nigeria’s Super Eagles take on five-time world champions Brazil in an international friendly. The kick-off time for the encounter is 01:00 pm (West African Time) on Sunday, October 13 on channel 227 for DStv subscribers and channel 37 for GOtv…
