By Valentine Obienyem 1.1 Introduction Today, July 19, 2025, marks the sixty-fourth year in the life of Mr. Peter Obi – a man whose name, with each passing season, takes deeper root in the chronicles of Nigerian history. To speak the truth of him, even at the risk of exhausting an ocean of ink, is to acknowledge that he has…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A regional jet made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday evening after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door and got into an altercation with a flight attendant. Delta Connection flight 3612, operated by SkyWest Airlines, was flying from Omaha to Detroit when the disturbance happened around…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leading financial institution, Fidelity Bank Plc, has highlighted its dedication to community-focused interventions with the donation of a newly renovated block of classrooms and text books to Aso Pada Government Secondary School, Mararaba in Karu local government area of Nasarawa state. The Elite Bankers class of inductees, through the Fidelity Helping…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a renewed push to foster public trust and improve awareness of Nigeria’s digital identity drive, the Nigeria Digital Identification for Development, ID4D, Project has convened a two-day media roundtable workshop for online publishers and digital media stakeholders. The engagement, held under the theme of building bridges between the identity ecosystem and…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, says that the Commission has recorded a 49 per cent surge in National Identification Number, NIN enrolment within three years, rising from 72.7 million in January 2022 to over 122 million as of July 2025….
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Russian customs authorities said Wednesday that they seized 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds) of cocaine hidden under a shipment of bananas, calling it their largest bust of drugs from Latin America this year. The haul, valued at more than 12 billion rubles ($153 million), was uncovered in banana containers with the help…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human Right Advocate, Chief (Bar.) Malcolm Omirhobo has appealed to the Nigeria Senate to pass a resolution to compel the Nigeria Government to condemn to the appalling human rights abuses culminating in genocide and ethnic cleansing unfurling in Gaza by Israelis invasion. He stated that it is of great importance that…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has announced plans to reduce the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, also known as cooking gas. He also promised to start direct sales of the product to consumers should the existing distributors fail to allow the price crash in cooking gas. However, operators in…