LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Arsenal are back in the race for Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, claim reports in Italy, and would be prepared to pay €100m for the Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain target. The Partenopei agreed with the Nigeria international when he signed a lucrative new contract in December 2023 that he would be sold this…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Northern Nigerian leaders are organizing a summit to strengthen the region’s political and economic influence ahead of the 2027 elections. The League of Northern Democrats (LND), composed of former governors, senators, and other key figures, announced this initiative in Abuja. The summit will focus on the region’s political direction, economic development, and…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, along with other prominent Nigerian political figures, is presently attending the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, United States, as a special guest of the National Democratic Institute (NDI), a Washington, DC-based organisation dedicated to promoting democratic values worldwide. Among the notable attendees are the…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal government through the National Data Protection Commission has slammed Fidelity Bank with a fine of N555.8 million for allegedly violating customer data protection laws. This announcement was made by the commission’s National Commissioner, Vincent Olatunji, at the Validation Workshop on the Nigeria Data Protection Act General Application and Implementation Directive…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Experts in the Nigerian aviation industry have described the acquisition of a new presidential jet, Airbus 330-200, for President Bola Tinubu as a waste of inadequate resources. Experts said that the 15 years old aircraft was more costly to maintain than the Boeing Business Jet (9BBJ) B737 aircraft, which the presidency planned…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Zhongshang Fucheng Industrial Investment Ltd, the Chinese investment group involved in legal dispute with Nigeria over alleged contract breach by Ogun State government, has concluded plans to list two residential structures in Liverpool it confiscated from the country for sale on global online marketplace eBay. This is as it races to recover…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian soldier, Sergeant Saad Adamu with service number 05NA/56/385 has been arrested for alleged possession of illegal ammunition in Borno State, SaharaReporters can report. Adamu was reportedly found with 485 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and 2 magazines concealed in cartons of dry fish. According to a military signal seen by…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Rights activist and lawyer to the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chief Femi Falana, has replied to the Nigeria Police on why the President of NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, cannot honour the invitation to him to appear at the force headquarters on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, by 10 am. He explained that the…
