Scores of demonstrators hit the streets of Abuja on Monday to demand the immediate dismissal of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, over the lingering fuel scarcity bedeviling the country. The protest comes on the heels of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited’s confession that its substantial debt…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Briton accused of inciting insurrection against President Bola Tinubu’s government, Drew Povey has urged the Nigerian government not to treat protests as treason. Mr Povey, whom the Nigerian government said also bears the name Andrew Wynne, said this in a statement in reaction to the government’s allegation of building “a network…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Canada have arrested the Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Sonnberger, who threatened to poison Yoruba and Benin people living in the North American country. The Toronto Police Service, Canada, said Ms Sonnberger, 46, was arrested on Sunday and that she has been charged with uttering threats. “She is scheduled to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire broke out at the Katsina State Government House on Monday morning, engulfing the revered Red Chamber, an integral adjunct to the governor’s office, where crucial deliberations with high-profile individuals and stakeholders are regularly conducted. As the inferno raged, valiant efforts were being made by firefighting personnel to bring the situation under…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen could still seal a move away from Napoli this summer. A Europa League club is reportedly looking to sign Osimhen on a four-month loan deal. The 26-year-old has been frozen out at Napoli, after he failed to seal a move to Chelsea. According to Nigerian broadcast journalist, Onyebuchi Onokala, also…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The saying that ‘Youths are the leaders of tomorrow’ may not come to be as the state of the economy has made it difficult for most parents to provide the necessities for their children to nurture them as leaders. These youths, of which many are undergraduates, are now seen at strategic places…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-CAF Player of the Year, Victor Osimhen is part of the personalities chosen by FIFA to headline the campaign against racism, BSNSports.com.ng reports. FIFA Member Associations united at the 74th FIFA Congress to follow FIFA’s pledge to rid football of racism. According to FIFA, the ‘No Racism’ gesture will commence at the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 2ND (NEWSRAGERS)-An official investigation into the helicopter crash in May that killed Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi and seven other people found it was caused by challenging climatic and atmospheric conditions, Iranian state TV reported Sunday. The final report of the Supreme Board of the General Staff of the Armed Forces said the main…
