LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The family name may be best associated with international terrorism. But in recent years, Omar bin Laden lived a quiet life in the genteel French region of Normandy painting landscapes. On Tuesday, however, France banned him from the country for what authorities say were comments “glorifying” 9/11. Omar, son of Osama, had…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of a town in north-western Nigeria are celebrating after a rare but feared hippo – along with its calf – was killed by rice farmers and fishermen in a hunt lasting several weeks. People in Yauri, in Kebbi state, have been terrified of the hippo after she killed a fisherman who…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has called on Governor Siminalayi Fubara, political leaders to caution their supporters in Rivers State to exercise restraint and uphold the rule of law. Tinubu expressed deep concern over reports of arson and explosions in the state. A statement by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser (Information & Strategy) said Tinubu…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barely three hours after the unsealing of previously closed local government secretariats by the Rivers State Police Command, violence erupted in several areas, leading to arson, shootings, and fatalities. According to Vanguard reports, a section of the Eleme Local Government secretariat, on Monday morning, was set on fire shortly after the arrival…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former African and Commonwealth boxing champion, Obisia Nwankpa, is battling dementia according to his family. The boxing legend, in an online video, caught a pitiful sight when he made a courageous appearance at the National Gym, Surulere, Lagos, on Thursday, September 26 accompanied by his wife, Mrs Franca Nwankpa and his daughter,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, has sought support for the administration of President Bola Tinubu to deliver the reforms in the power sector as well as his other reform programmes for the benefit of Nigerians. In a message delivered at the 8th Annual Conference of Guild of Corporate…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria must key into global financial inclusion and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) must lead in the awareness that may help Nigeria achieve this. The charge was handed down to GOCOP by Yusuf Mamman, Nigeria’s former ambassador to Spain, chairman of the 2024 Annual General Conference of GOCOP holding…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former minister of power, who later served as governor of Cross River State, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Thursday, in Lokoja, stated that alleged “expenditure” of a phantom $16 billion on the power sector by the Olusegun Obasanjo administration never happened. Imoke, who was also Chairman of the Power Sector Technical Board…
