LAGOS MARCH 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, throwing the future of the Islamic Republic into doubt and raising the risk of regional instability. Iranian state television and the state-run IRNA news announced the 86-year-old’s death early Sunday. President…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Ex-Governor of Anambra State and former presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Mr Peter Obi, on Tuesday donated the sum of fifteen million Naira to St Philomena College of Nursing Sciences for the training of nurses to boost the nation’s health care delivery. Donating the premises of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed early morning (today) the occurrence of a lone yet serious traffic mishap involving a Lexus sport utility vehicle that overturned multiple times at the NYSC Bus Stop corridor along the LASU–Isheri Expressway, culminating in the remarkable survival of a mother and her…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested the sixth person allegedly involved in the 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state. Over 40 worshippers lost their lives and scores more were left injured in the attack. The DSS is currently prosecuting five persons — Idris Omeiza…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen, has issued a stern warning to his Turkish club, Galatasaray, threatening to report them to FIFA over unpaid wages, BSNSports.com.ng reports. According to the Turkish journalist Dogus ( @sollcampbell) the forward, who has not received his due payments from the club, has already taken steps…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, has condemned the gunmen attack in Benin City, Edo State, saying the incident underscores growing concerns about the health of Nigeria’s democracy. Obi spoke in a video circulating online following the attack at the residence of former APC National Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, where gunmen…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Valentine Obienyem, the Media Adviser of Peter Obi has recalled how his boss and the former Presidential candidate, Odigie Oyegun and other prominent ADC members escaped being killed by hoodlums during a visit to Benin-City, Edo State. He recounted that Mr. Peter Obi visited the ADC secretariat, where he joined the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement, Yunusa Tanko, on Tuesday, raised alarm over attack on former presidential candidate, Peter Obi and its members in Benin, Edo State. Tanko disclosed that armed thugs had shot at Obi and members of the movement during the formal dedefection of Olumide Akpata into the African…