LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, issued a statement apologizing for “breach of trust” in the Cambridge Analytica scandal in full-page newspaper ads across major print publications on Sunday. The statement, signed by Zuckerberg, appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal in the U.S., and…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Trump administration on Monday ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats and the closing of Moscow’s last diplomatic outpost on the West Coast, part of a coordinated effort with U.S. allies to punish Russia for an attack in Britainusing a deadly nerve agent. The action, which involved a larger number of…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has appealed to African leaders to join the rest of the world in the faithful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that was recently rolled out after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was wound down. Obi made the call at the World Conference…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following it historic summit in Abuja last Wednesday, the Grand Coalition of the Nigeria Intervention Movement (NIM) – otherwise known as 3rd Force – has set up a high-powered Steering Committee charged with picking its presidential candidate for the 2019 polls. This was disclosed via a statement issued last night by the…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWRANGERS)-Russian businessman Sergei Mavrodi, whose MMM pyramid scheme deprived millions of Russians of their savings in the 1990s, has died of a heart attack, according to Russia media. Reports said the 62-year-old was rushed to the hospital late on March 25 with pain in his chest and died several hours later. Mavrodi’s…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A socio-political think tank under the aegis of True Lagosians, has described as mischievous, a recent publication by one Dapo Thomas against the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). The organisation said Thomas had refused to ‘forgive’ Fashola because he was not given political appointment by Fashola when…
BY JEROME-MARIO UTOMI. LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It is a deep-seated teaching within the religious circle that for a man to exist, comprehends, exercise and act; he must depend on a supernatural gift called grace. Such ‘grace’ for political decisiveness seems to have been recently released upon our nation’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbanjo as he…
LAGOS MARCH 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Taraba State chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ben Ubeh, is dead. Ubeh reportedly died after he was crushed by a truck transporting sugar along Jalingo-Yola Expressway. Eye witnesses said the incident occurred in Zing community along the expressway in the morning hours of Sunday, March 25. Also, a…
