LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Power outage triggered by a fire outbreak at the E-Arrival Finger of the Lagos International Airport threw the old terminal into confusion on Thursday morning. Workers and passengers at the facility pulled out of the section where thick smoke was billowing to the larger departure hall. It was gathered that the fire…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have reportedly attacked a government primary school at Kuriga community of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting scores of children. The community is located along the Kaduna Birnin-Gwari Road which has been under control of bandits for many years. The police authorities and the Kaduna State government are yet…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Google software engineer has been charged by the US with stealing trade secrets about artificial intelligence (AI) while secretly working for two Chinese companies. Linwei Ding, also known as Leon Ding, was indicted in California on four charges and arrested on Wednesday. The Chinese national allegedly stole more than 500…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has disclosed that it recorded unprecedented revenue generation and remittances to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) of the Federation last year, as its revenue grew from N361 billion in 2022, to N501 billion as of December 2023. NPA said its remittances increased from N93.4 billion in 2022, to…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Volodymyr Zelensky was targeted by alleged Russian missile strike during a visit to Odesa in what appears to have been an attempt to assassinate the Ukrainian President. Mr Zelensky’s motorcade, which was 150 metres from that of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was attacked by what is believed to have been a…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A Lagos-based socio-cultural organisation, De Renaissance Patriots, has stated that political parties in Nigeria must pick their candidates for governorship position in the state from the indigenous people of Lagos “Ibile Eko.” The group stated this in a release titled, “We are real, we are not faceless people: Men behind De Renaissance…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Presidency on Tuesday denied that the United Arab Emirates has lifted its visa ban on Nigerians. The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information, Bayo Onanuga, disclosed this via his X handle on Tuesday. “UAE has not resumed visa issuance to Nigerians. The document in circulation is not authorised…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election Peter Obi and his running mate Baba-Ahmed Datti have awarded a university scholarship to a tricycle rider for returning N15m to the owner. Auwalu, 22, had last year returned N15m forgotten by a passenger in his commercial tricycle better known…
