LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Dunamis church located at Mission Ward North Bank in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, has collapsed, killing at least one pastor. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning when the resident pastor and three other members were observing prayers. The three other pastors were said to have escaped unhurt while the pastor…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A North Dakota state senator, his wife and their two young children died in a plane crash as they were traveling through Utah, officials announced Monday. State Sen. Doug Larsen was piloting a plane as he traveled with his wife, Amy, and two of their sons Sunday evening in Grand County, Utah,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Haulage driver attached to Ugwu and Sons, Mr. Emeka Paul Ofume, yesterday, escaped death in the hands of gunmen who attacked his distribution van. Ugwu and Sons is one of the haulage companies engaged by The Guardian for distribution of the company’s daily newspapers. It was gathered that Ofume left Asaba…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 general election has applauded Anambra State Governor, Charles Chukwuma Soludo for renaming the state’s International Passenger and Cargo Airport in honour of the late Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe, who left an indelible mark on the development of human…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured an arrest warrant for former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke. The EFCC Acting spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the development to newsmen on Monday. Meanwhile, the anti-graft agency has also initiated extradition proceedings to bring the former minister back to Nigeria. Recall that…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A London court, on Monday, granted bail to a former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, who faces bribery charges filed against her by the United Kingdom (UK) government. District Judge Michael Snow granted her bail in terms and conditions including a curfew that ordered her to stay indoors between 11…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – Islamist militants in Mali began a blockade of Timbuktu by cutting road access in August and then shut off river and air routes in an offensive that has put the city once again on the frontline of a jihadist insurgency. The bombing began soon after. On Sept. 21, witnesses said…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a colourful scene when a legal luminary and human right activist, Chief (Barr) Malcolm Omirhobo stormed his home town of Ughelli in Delta State to celebrate the annual feast of Umalokun festival with his people. The legal luminary dropped his legal gown and decked on the traditional dress of the…
