LAGOS JANUARY 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday said that it received 573,519 applications for 3,927 job positions for its 2024/2025 recruitment exercise, just a week after opening the portal. Recall that Finance Minister Olawale Edun had earlier confirmed that the Federal Government approved the recruitment of 3,927 officers into the NCS. Providing an update…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 election, Mr Peter Obi, has raised the alarm that he, his family and those around him have been receiving threats over his New Year message on President Bola Tinubu. His supporters, under the auspices of Obidient Movement, also yesterday implored Nigerians…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to the alleged threat to the life of the Labour Party’s Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Atiku condemned the inflammatory remarks made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson, Felix Morka, against Obi. Atiku described Morka’s…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo’s capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congolese authorities said. Seventy of the convicts were transported on Sunday, Congolese Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba said, adding to 102 other prisoners who have already been sent…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-According to La Repubblica, Victor Osimhen infuriated Napoli by refusing to leave Galatasaray in January, even with Manchester United making an approach. The striker had signed a new contract in December 2023 with the express intention of leaving six months later for his €120m release clause. However, when no club went anywhere…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A shooting at a bar in southeastern Mexico left seven people dead and five wounded, authorities said Sunday, the latest in a series of similar attacks in the violence-plagued country. A manhunt was launched for the perpetrators of the shooting on Saturday night in the city of Villahermosa, in Tabasco state, the…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyi community of Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has resulted in the death of one student and left four others critically injured. The tragic incident occurred around noon on Monday, January 6, 2025, sending shockwaves through the community, located approximately 42 kilometers…
LAGOS JANUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen operating under the leadership of a notorious kingpin known as Danisuhu have reportedly imposed a sum N172.7 million levy on 25 villages in the Tsafe west Local Government Area of Zamfara state. It was learnt that the gunmen also demanded material contributions like bags of soybeans and others. Meanwhile, hundreds…
