LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRAGERS)-England has been stripped of the gold medal in the 4x400m relay in high drama on Monday morning (AEST). It appeared England had pulled off one of the headline moments of the entire Games when Jessie Knight held off Canada’s fast-finishing Kyra Constantine down the final straight to cross the line just…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has arrested suspects in an Islamist militant attack in a Catholic church that killed 40 people two months ago, Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor said on Tuesday. Irabor said the attackers were arrested during joint operations involving the armed forces, the Department of Security Services and police, privately owned…
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 9TH (NEWRSRANGERS)-he presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi on Monday held a town hall meeting in Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi state to woo voters in the state and further strengthen the campaign of Obi/Datti movement. The gathering with a huge number of followers across tribes and religions was attended by the…
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,…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has again adjourned till 29th of September for plea taking in the murder trial of four suspects fingered in the killing of one Chidi Onwukwe. Samuel Onwukwe, Andrew Epai Otanye, Blessed Onyekachi, Samuel Emmason Promise George and , are standing trial in charge…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Four years after the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s (NIMASA) acquired N50 billion modular floating dock, the asset has continued to decay at the Nigerian Naval Dockyard, Wilmot Point, Victoria Island, due to management’s willful neglect. Since arriving Nigeria in 2018, the floating dock has remained idle and abandoned with the…
LAGOS AUGUST 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Kaduna State, Dr Asmau Maikudi, has decried the continued marginalization of women in the Nigerian political and economic spheres. According to her, despite many national and international Conventions, Resolutions and Agreements to improve women’s lives, of which Nigeria is a signatory, women have remained backwards…
