LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fans, who are keen on watching the friendly match between Nigeria and England, will have to pay £70 (about N34,000). Ticket sales for the high-profile game, which will be played on June 2 at Wembley Stadium, have begun. There are concessions of £10 off ticket price for students, under 16s and senior…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained why, contrary to the expectations of many, he did not give his elder sister, Lady Bibiana Adani, an ostentatious burial. Lady Bibiana Adani, who died recently, was buried on Friday in her husband’s place, Adani, Ukana, Enugu State. Responding to criticisms for…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has called on residents of the state to ensure that they register and collect their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) before the 2019 elections. Ayade made the call when he received a set of his appointees under the aegis of Special Assistants Network (SAN), who are…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following his post on Facebook in which he allegedly insulted his constituency, a member of House of the Representatives, Hon. Wole Oke, representing Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency of Osun State in the National Assembly, in now in serious trouble. A group of youths in in Ijebu Ijesa on Friday passed “a vote of…
LAGOS MAY 19TH NEWSRANGERS)-For not giving her access to justice, the Economic Community of West African States Court of Justice has ordered the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay a victim of domestic violence, Mary Sunday, the sum of N50 million as damages. Domestic violence was inflicted on her by her fiancé, Isaac Gbanwuan, in…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for attitudinal change towards education among Nigerians. He decried the subsisting situation of, in his words, “the lack of treating education with the seriousness it deserves by classifying money spent on it as expenditure rather than investment”. Making this observation on…
Lagos may 10th (newsrangers)-Government officials, journalists and elated residents of Ogembo (a small farming town in Kenya), were shocked as the Governor of Machakos County, Alfred Mutua; and others plunged into the river while taking a tour of a newly constructed footbridge. Ogembo residents had waited to have the newly constructed Ogembo Nyakorokoro footbridge inaugurated….
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the Federal Government’s claim of footing the bills for the burial of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, his family is yet to get a refund of 200,000 Pounds incurred as medical bill six months after. Although the Federal Government was said to have paid the money directly to the London…
