LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 91-year-old Emir of the Daura Emirate in Katsina State, Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk, has married a 22-year-old girl, A’isha Yahuza Gona. The wedding took place in Katsina State’s Safana town, according to a source. The source speaking to Daily Trust, also revealed that the Emir and A’isha had just dated briefly…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Thursday, attended the event where Archbishop Daniel Okoh was unveiled as the new President of the Christian Association of Nigeria. Okoh, the General Superintendent of Christ Holy Church International, Onitsha, emerged as the new spiritual leader of CAN, after getting a 100 per cent vote of…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Veteran Nollywood stars, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornell, may have been kidnapped after they left a movie location in Enugu State on Friday and did not return home. Spokesman of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Monalisa Chinda, disclosed the development via her verified Instagram page. Chinda stated that her senior colleagues were…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians will soon start paying 12.5 per cent tax on telecommunications services as the federal government plans to implement five per cent inclusive excise duty on telecommunications services in Nigeria. The Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, said this at a stakeholders’ forum on implementation of excise duty on…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed one Mr. Richard Gele, the Police Inspector caught in a viral video dignifying and justifying extortion of members of the public and official corruption which trended from the 25th of July, 2022. Force Public Relation Officer (FPPRO) CSP Olumuyia Adejobi who made this disclosure of the…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria airlines have increased fares for domestic flights to at least N80,000 depending on the trip over the rising cost of aviation fuel and foreign exchange (FX) crisis. Checks by TheCable on Friday showed that Azman Air flight from Lagos to Kano/Kaduna increased from about N60,000 to N100,000. Air Peace also increased…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many workers in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory stayed away from the Abuja city centre on Friday as threats of bandits attacks pervaded the nation’s seat of power. An unusually light traffic was noticed on highways inwards the city’s central area on Friday morning. On a good day, heavy gridlocks attend the Nyanya-AYA…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Liberia’s 175th Independence Day celebration turned bloody on Tuesday, 26 July 2022 when government supporters countered student protesters. The ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) supporters calling themselves CDC Council of Patriots (CDC-COP) attacked and wounded several students of the campus – based Vanguard Students Unification Party (SUP) of the State-run University…
