LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, on Friday, removed the image of Celestine Omehia, from the Government House. The removal comes as he signed the legal instrument derecognising Omehia as a former governor of the state. Rivers State House of Assembly had earlier on Thursday passed a motion to derecognise Omehia…
igeria cardets, Pilipines LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Following the protest embarked upon by cadets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), in the Philippines, the agency on Saturday, said it will embark on a fact-finding mission to the Philippines to engage the school where its Cadets of the National Seafarers Development Program (NSDP) are…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cadets of the Nigerian Maritime Administration & Safety Agency (NIMASA) on the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) in the Philippines for their Certificate of Competency (CoC) who were reportedly barred to engage the Embassy in Manila, may have spent close to ten years in Asia under the guise of study. The trending…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Folasade Ogunsola, a Professor of Microbiology, has emerged as the 13th Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos (UNILAG). The scholar makes history, as she becomes the first female VC of the institution established in 1962. Ogunsola will succeed the outgoing and 12th VC, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, whose five-year single term ends on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The prison sentence of beleaguered ex-South African President Jacob Zuma officially ended on Friday, with correctional services saying he had been released from their system having served only part of his term behind bars. The former Head of State was jailed for 15 months for contempt of court in July last year…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 election is being viewed around the world as not just a time to put people into offices but an opportunity for Nigeria to witness a turnaround and become a giver of opportunities instead of receiver. This is as some Asian countries may have quietly banned further issuance of visas to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights activists from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine ruptured decades of nearly uninterrupted peace in Europe, and to the Belarusian president, his authoritarian ally. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2022 prize to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Despite tight security, a mobile phone belonging to former Nigerian Vice-President, Namadi Sambo, has been stolen by a thief in Abuja. According to Senator Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker, someone breached the tight security line and stole Sambo’s phone at the ongoing late Governor Solomon Lar’s book launch in Abuja. “It’s…
