LAGOS AUGUST 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its nationwide strike for two weeks. The secretary-general of the union, Joe Ajaero, said this Wednesday evening after a meeting with the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige. He said the government has promised to resolve the issues raised by the union within two…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Saudi student at Leeds University who had returned home to the kingdom for a holiday has been sentenced to 34 years in prison for having a Twitter account and for following and retweeting dissidents and activists. The sentencing by Saudi’s special terrorist court was handed down weeks after the US president…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Marvelrock Pharmaceuticals and Stores Limited, Mr Orakwe Celestine, for allegedly engaging in sales of illicit drugs on a popular e-commerce platform, Jiji.ng. Orakwe, a graduate of Business Administration, University of Abuja, registered the pharmaceutical…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has felicitated with the Former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida, who is celebrating his 81st birthday on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. In his Congratulatory Message to Gen Babangida, Obi described him as one who contributed greatly to Nigeria’s development, through…
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)-The Court of Appeal sitting in Kano, Wednesday, ordered a retrial of the death sentence against a singer who was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. The singer, Aminu Yahaya-Sharif, 24, a resident of Sharifai in the Kano metropolis, was accused of committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam in a…
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 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Olori Janet Afolabi, the Queen of Apomu Kingdom has officially flagged off “Initiative to Stop Teenage Pregnancy”on August 13, at the Alapomu Palace Hall,Apomu. The initiative is aimed at curbing the rising rate of teenage pregnancy in the community. According to the Problem Analysis research carried out by Olori Afolabi, 60…
