By Dr. Abia Nzelu LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Globally, March is a landmark month for women.March 8 is International Women’s Day (IWD) and Mothering Sunday will be celebratedon March 14 in Nigeria, as in many other nations.Both IWD and Mothering Sunday celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women andalso signifies a call to…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 31 year-old priest said a feeling of overwhelming joy took a hold of him as he began cheering and swaying before the crowds, who were holding balloons and Vatican City flags amid blaring music. Father Momika is an active member of the church committee organizing festivals and activities for youth in…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 600 others on Sunday, authorities said. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema said the explosion at 4 p.m. local time was due to the “negligent handling of dynamite” in the military barracks located in…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Barcelona members elected Joan Laporta as club president on Sunday, turning to the man who oversaw one of their most successful periods to lead them out of an institutional and financial crisis. Laporta, who was Barca president between 2003 and 2010, won a resounding 54.28% of total votes, while Victor Font came…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-To sustain and further boost inflows of diaspora remittances into the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria will pay recipients of diaspora remittances through CBN licensed IMTOs N5 for every $1 received as remittances inflow. In a Circular the apex bank announced the introduction of “CBN Naira 4 Dollar Scheme” as an…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The task of building a society desired by all Nigerians is exerting and requires the contribution of all Nigerians as the challenge for everyone is “to build, not to destroy, to add to, not to take away,” according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo made the call at the opening…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten foreigners kidnapped in Gabon have been rescued in Tombia, a creek in Bille waterways, Degema Local Government Area, Rivers state with a ransom of $300,000 paid for their freedom. The victims, including six Chinese, three Indonesians and and one Gabonese along with four Nigerians said to have facilitated their release were rescued…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the weekend maintained that he has no personal grudges against his predecessor and former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, but only dislikes his style of politics. Obaseki disclosed this to journalists in Auchi, Etsako-West Local Government Area of the state,…
