LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will celebrate forty years in power on Saturday, highlighting his status as Africa’s longest-serving head of state. Since he seized control in a 1979 military coup, rights groups have described Obiang Nguema, 77, as one of the continent’s most brutal and corrupt dictators. In his…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The fledgling mobile money market in Nigeria is about to get a major shake-up. MTN Nigeria, the country’s largest telecoms operator, has been granted a “super agent” license which allows it set up an agent network through which it can provide financial services. It’s the first step in MTN’s plans to finally…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A middle age man, Sa’idu Dan’iya, also known as ‘Baban Aisha’, has cut the throat of his eight-year-old daughter, Zahrah Saidu, SaharaReporters has learnt. The incident happened on Wednesday at Inji Uku, Damare Ward, Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. Dan’Iya was said to have grabbed his daughter by the…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A West African Examination Council (WAEC) official, Henry Adewunmi, who said he has worked with examination board for 30 years told the Presidential election tribunal that the assessment result issued to President Muhammadu Buhari by Cambridge Assessment Center is not a document from WAEC. Adewunmi said this on Wednesday when President Muhammadu…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has commenced a fresh recruitment drive targeted at retired military personnel, their dependants and other Nigerians who may be interested in benefiting from the initiative. Military sources told PREMIUM TIMES the exercise was approved early this week, and its implementation had already commenced across the country. A new Corps…
LAGOS AUGUST 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-An Engineering student of the Rivers State University was killed on Wednesday morning by suspected cultists along Ada George axis of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The student, who was said to be on his way to school, was found dead on the road with some machete cuts on his body….
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has published the names of the top 20 debtors in Nigeria with Iifeanyi Ubah and Jimoh Ibrahim leading as top debtors. The list shows that Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who is the owner of Capital Oil $ Gas owes a whopping N115 billion, while Jimoh Ibrahim,…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian man has decided to get married to himself and he released a wedding invitation card, inviting friends to his “Holy Sologamy”. Sologamy is a marriage by a person to himself or herself, according to Wikipedia, and this is what Victor Ibeh, a popular Nigerian counsellor, is celebrating. Victor, who has…
