http://ift.tt/2l9JWMM Pope Francis LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Pope Francis used his annual Christmas Day address to call for a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, just days after more than 120 countries backed a U.N. resolution urging the U.S. to reverse its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. In his “Urbi et Orbi”…
http://ift.tt/2zvnOBy President Donald Trump LAGOS DECEMBER 26TH (NEWSRAMGERS)-The U.S. will cut its 2018 contributions to the United Nations by $285 million—nearly 25 percent—an announcement that comes days after more than 120 nations criticized the United States for its decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Ambassador Nikki Haley made the announcement Sunday, but…
http://ift.tt/2BDFscc File Photo LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD(NEWSRAGERS)-A “madman” has been nabbed in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, with items that have aroused suspicion he is not in any way insane. The madman was nabbed on Thursday in front of the Ministry of the Environment and Forestry in the state capital. According to available information, a vigilant…
http://ift.tt/2DzpnBR LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Bureau of Statistics says the country’s labour population increased from 83.9 million in the second quarter to 85.1 million in the third quarter of 2017. The NBS stated this in “Unemployment and Under Employment Report from 1st quarter to third quarter 2017,” released on Friday in Abuja. The NBS…
http://ift.tt/2BCF6Tg LAGOS DECEMER 23RD (NEWRANGERS)-The supply and price of petrol in Anambra State have worsened as customers now pay between N250 and N300 per litre in the state. Most filling stations in Awka and its environs had the product but refused to dispense. However, the Department of Petroleum Resources, monitoring and enforcing the situation, compelled…
http://ift.tt/2DtjxBV Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohim Edgal LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWRANGERS)-The ritual cult group operating in Lagos State, Badoo, has struck again in the Itesiwaju Community Development Area, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, of the state, killing a man, his son and sister-in-law and injuring his wife. According to Punch, the man’s wife sustained serious injuries and…
http://ift.tt/2DuZPFK LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND(NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to be the sole presidential candidate in the country during the 2019 elections. It argued that this was the reason agents of the All Progressives Congress were bent on causing dissatisfaction among PDP members ahead of 2019. The National Publicity…
http://ift.tt/2ByrF6Z Donald Trump LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly defied U.S. warnings and voted Thursday to condemn President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv. The resolution passed with 128 member states voting in favor of the resolution, nine voting against,…
