LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Labour Party Presidential Candidate for the 2023 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has dismissed claims in some quarters that he is an ethno religious bigot, releasing facts to prove that he never discriminated against any tribe or religion. Obi set the records straight in a statement released on Thursday morning, signed by his…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight people have been reportedly killed in the last 24 hours in a fierce rivalry between two cult confraternities, in Benin, Edo State. The incident has set the state capital boiling, with the eight confirmed deaths occurring at various locations in the city. Two of the victims were reportedly…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bandits have attacked a mining site in Niger State and reportedly killed security agents, civilians, and kidnapped four Chinese nationals. The attack was said to have occurred on Wednesday afternoon in Ajata, Aboki in Gurmana ward of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The Co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youth of Niger State,…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Our attention was brought to the above campaign of calumny lunched by some faceless groups. Is it by coincidence that it came when we were reliably informed that some political parties have charged their political office holders to hire people to relentlessly attack Obi with falsehoods on all available…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The post-Convention crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took another twist on Wednesday as most governors elected on the platform of the party boycotted the inauguration of the Gubernatorial National Campaign Council for Osun State. PDP had named a 128-member national campaign council, which included 12 governors. But at the inauguration…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Crescent for the month of Dhul Hijjah 1443 has been sighted in Saudi Arabia. Following the sighting, Dhul Hijjah 1, 1443 will begin tomorrow, Thursday, June 30, 2022. In effect, the Arafah day will be Friday, July 8, while the Eid-Adha will be Dhul Hijjah 10 – Saturday, July 9, 2022….
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No doubt the last of the effect of the Hijab judgment by the supreme Court is yet to be seen. Activist, Malcolm Omirhobo’s move appears to have emboldened other lawyers. On Tuesday, another lawyer, Dennis Ezekiel, appeared at the Federal High Court in Lagos wearing a rosary on his barrister’s attire. He…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives has alleged that more than $10 billion worth of the nation’s crude has been stolen via fraudulent fuel subsidy claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and other industry stakeholders. The parliament has therefore constituted an ad-hoc committee to investigate the petroleum products subsidy regime between 2017…
