LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate has refuted the crux of the controversies surrounding the ongoing amendment of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) (Establishment) Act, clarifying that the bill does not outlaw street preaching or introduce a new prohibition on hawking. This followed public concerns over a provision in the proposed amendment relating to preaching…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three persons have reportedly died after a three-storey student hostel collapsed in Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, with emergency responders continuing frantic efforts to rescue others feared trapped beneath the rubble. Sources told SaharaReporters on Monday that three bodies were recovered from the debris during ongoing…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A temporary hiatus to hostilities between the U.S. and Iran appeared to hold on Monday, but Iran denied media reports that it had agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. The U.S. military brought a halt to two weeks of strikes on Friday as diplomats sought to give peace talks “some space.” Iran, which has also refrained…
LAGOS JULY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The numbers are staggering. More than 23 million people from around 170 countries signed an online petition demanding that FIFA permanently ban Argentina from future FIFA World Cups. The organizers were looking for just five million signatories, but ended up with a deluge of outraged soccer fans who’d rather never see…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Colombian superstar, Shakira has revealed why she chose to collaborate with Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy on the 2026 FIFA World Cup song, ‘Dai Dai.’ Featuring in a recent episode of the Capital Evening Show with Jimmy Hill, Shakira explained that she needed a masculine vocal on the song and Burna Boy’s…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A barber identified simply as Hafiz was shot dead inside his barbing salon at Church Gate along the Badagry Expressway in Lagos State by yet-to-be-identified gunmen. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred on Tuesday, July 21. It was gathered that three armed men reportedly stormed the salon shortly after the victim…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to step aside ahead of the 2027 general election, arguing that Nigeria needs a leader with the energy and capacity to confront its worsening economic and security challenges. Obi made the remarks during an interview on Channels…
LAGOS JULY 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, national president of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), says Ademola Adeleke, governor of Osun, lacks the constitutional power to suspend the union’s operations in the state. On Thursday, the Osun governor ordered the immediate suspension of all NURTW activities in motor parks…
