LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Niger Republic has denied receiving 10 vehicles allegedly purchased by the President Muhammadu Buhari government for N1.15 billion. Niger Republic’s Minister of Defence, Alkassoum Indatou, denied the donation. According to him, only Zamfara State that has come to the aid of the country with five vehicles mainly on account of the repeated…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kenya’s Deputy President and president-elect, William Ruto’s daughter, June Ruto, was on Saturday, engaged to Nigeria’s Dr. Alexander Ezenagu. The engagement event was held in Nairobi and attended by top political leaders and respected persons in the society. A delegation from Nigeria was led by former Nigeria’s Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka who…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Police Officer, identified as Officer Tony has died after a tree fell on him in a bush at Mpasaaso No.2 in the Ahafo Ano South West of the Ashanti Region. Narrating the sad incident on Omanbapa morning show on Silver FM in Kumasi hosted by Nana Kwabena Ampratwum today, August 15,…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga’s campaign. Four of the seven members…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One person was killed and dozens were injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival near the Spanish city of Valencia in the early hours of Saturday, regional emergency services said. Other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the Medusa Festival, a huge…
LAGOS AUGUST 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Forty-two Malian soldiers were killed and 22 injured in an attack near the town of Tessit on Sunday, Mali’s government said on Wednesday, blaming an Islamic State affiliate. It was one of the deadliest attacks in recent years for the Malian army, which has been battling a decade-long insurgency by militant groups…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has granted consent to the acquisition of Exxon Mobil’s Nigerian unit by Seplat Energy, in a $1.28 billion deal announced in February. Buhari, who doubles as oil minister, granted ministerial approval to the deal, the presidency said in a statement on Monday. Exxon and Seplat are expected to…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Republican lawmakers and officials accused the Biden administration on Monday night of weaponizing the Justice Department for political ends after former President Donald Trump revealed that the FBI had searched his Florida home. Allies were quick to back Trump’s claim that the unprecedented search of a former president’s home was politically motivated,…
