LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-No fewer than 45 persons have been reported killed after a downpour wreaks havoc in 10 communities in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State. More than 1,000 houses were also destroyed with over 250 livestock confirmed killed in the heavy rain which started around 11:00 pm on Sunday and lasted till…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, has disclosed that the Federal Government had started negotiations with aircraft manufacturers and investors towards the unveiling of the national carrier at the ongoing Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom (UK). Sirika disclosed this in a statement by Mr James Odaudu,…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, says Chris Giwa remains the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President as declared by the Supreme Court judgment on April 27. Dalung said on Monday in Abuja that the ministry was operating under the rule of law and obeying the court ruling. The minister was…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Gov. Samuel Ortom of Benue says he has ceased to be a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), following what he called “a red card” given to him. Ortom made this known on Monday in Makurdi shortly after swearing in a new Special Adviser on Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said. Photographs released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NESRANGER)-Exactly $400 million will be dished out by FIFA in prize money to the 32 teams who competed in the 2018 World Cup, which is a $42 million increase from the tournament in 2014. With the winners getting $38 million and the runners up $28 million, the four semifinalists were the big…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has said President Muhammadu Buhari has shown that he lacks democratic credentials by applauding and approving the charade that passed for the governorship election in Ekiti State last Saturday. The governor said this while reacting to a statement by a media aide of Buhari, Mallam Garba…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Coalition of observer groups and Civil Society Organisations, that monitored the Ekiti governorship elections on Saturday, have rejected the emergence of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Kayode Fayemi, as the winner of the polls. Fayemi was announced winner of the polls, after securing 197,459 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Prof….
