LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shortly after leading Napoli to the Scudetto at the end of the 2022/2023 season, Saudi club Al Hilal offered a staggering amount to sign Victor Osimhen. The striker’s 26 league goals had just helped the Partenopei to the Italian title for the first time in more than three decades. After winning the…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Poland’s foreign ministry is seeking the release of seven Poles – a group of six students and a lecturer from the University of Warsaw – who were detained amid ongoing protests in Nigeria. It has also denied reports in international media that the group were displaying Russian flags when they were detained….
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has clarified issues surrounding the reported fire at the Mobil filling station at Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday. A statement by Chief Corporate Communications Officer NNPC Ltd, Olufemi Soneye after the incident, said the explosion had nothing to do with the recently commissioned NNPC Gas Marketing…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-No fewer than 20 persons lost their lives when the engine of a wooden boat popularly known as ‘Denghe’ exploded in the middle of the river and sank in Ezetu I community river in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the Bayelsa State. The sole survivor of the tragic incident, which occurred…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Fire engulfed the Mobil Filling Station opposite Airport Hotel at Allen Junction in Lagos following an explosion involving a gas truck. Two people sustained burns, and property worth millions of naira was damaged. Eyewitnesses reported that the explosion occurred around 11 a.m., destroying at least seven vehicles. No fatalities were reported. Initial…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government has withdrawn the sale of subsidised 50 kilogramme bags of rice for N40,000 to public servants. No reason was given for the sudden change of action. The sale of the subsidised rice was announced on August 1 2024 through the Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs Human Resources…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Labour Congress has confirmed that its national office in Abuja was invaded by security operatives, believed to be from the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday night. According to a statement by NLC spokesperson Benson Upah, late on Wednesday, the operatives arrested the security guards,…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Union Bank of Nigeria, one of Nigeria’s foremost financial institutions, has added to its growing list of qualified personnel with the recent graduation of the 2024 set of Management Trainees. The ceremony, which was held at the Bank’s multiple-purpose sports complex, ‘The Stable, ’ in Surulere, Lagos, included the financial institution’s…
