LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Parents of kidnapped Ekiti pupils said fried rice, black bullets, energy drinks, milk and N15 million were offered to secure the release of their children. The schoolchildren attend the Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure-Ekiti in Emure LGA. The pupils and their teachers were abducted while returning home in a school…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gabonese referee Pierre Ghislain Atcho has been dismissed from the AFCON 2023 by the CAF Referees Committee headed by Ivorian Désiré Doué Noumandiez, BSNSports.com.ng reports. During the round of 16 match between Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal, referee Atcho gave a yellow card to Sadio Mane for a critical foul which many believed…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim has died. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source told SaharaReporters on Sunday. He was 73 years old. Another source close to the family posted on his Facebook page: “Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun. “Sen. Bukar Abba Ibrahim…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-14 passengers have been kidnapped from two motor companies enroute Abuja. The two motor companies include God Is Good Motors where 12 passengers were abducted and another two passengers from ABC Motor. According to Arise News in its x platform, “The incident, according to eyewitness occurred at Inele Eteke Ogugu New Road…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The stiff competition for Nigerian Afrobeats stars at this year’s Grammy Awards ended with a disappointing outlook, as South African singer and songwriter, Tyla Laura Seethal, popularly known as Tyla, took home the golden gramophone for Best African Music Performance — an all-new category — at the 2024 GRAMMYs. The South African…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Belgium government says Nigeria has the highest number of prostitutes in the country, saying many of them are sleeping in extremely cold weather among other illegal migrants in the country. Director General, Office of Foreigners, Belgium, Mr. Freddy Roosemont, disclosed this at the weekend while speaking to journalists in Abuja. Speaking…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Namibia’s President Hage Geingob, 82, died in hospital early on Sunday, the presidency said, weeks after he was diagnosed with cancer. Geingob had been in charge of the thinly populated and mostly arid southern African country since 2015, the year he announced he had survived prostate cancer. Vice President Nangolo Mbumba…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party (LP) Presidential candidate in 2023 election, Peter Obi has congratulated the Nigeria Super Eagles on their victory over the Angola national team in the ongoing African Cup tournament in Ivory, Coast. The Nigerian National team defeated Angola 1-0 in the quarter final to qualify for the semi-final of the tournament….
