LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a black Wednesday in Mgbowo, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, as 21 persons, many of whom were pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, owned by the Catholic Diocese of Awgu, died in a road crash. The accident put many families in mourning, as a family is reported…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aggrieved Nigerians have taken to social media to berate the government of President Donald Trump for opposing former Nigeria’s finance minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the consensus candidate for the post of Director-General of the World Trade Organisation. Lots of Nigerians expressed joy when it was announced that Dr Okonjo Iweala will…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Mass Metering Programme (NMMP) will on Friday, October 30, 2020 commence distribution of free electricity meters to Nigerians with simultaneous launch events of the scheme in Kano, Kaduna, Eko and Ikeja DISCO franchise areas. The programme was initiated by President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure mass metering with the hope of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two women and a man were killed in decapitation attacks by a knife-wielding assailant who shouted “Allahu akbar!” at a church in the French city of Nice in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist attack” — one of three strikes targeting the country on Thursday. Mayor Christian Estrosi said on…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reverend Polycap Zango, a pastor with the Church of Christ in Nations, Jos, Plateau State, who went missing while travelling to Gombe State for a conference, has appeared in a new video saying he was abducted by the Islamic State West Africa Province. Zango said he was in the custody of the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Consulate General in Lagos has announced a call for applications for the 2020 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE), a U.S. Government initiative that supports women entrepreneurs around the world. For the second annual AWE, 120 female entrepreneurs from across southern Nigeria will be selected to receive virtual and in-person…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from next week Monday, November 2, 2020. Boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020 following safety concerns after hoodlums…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has explained why it is against the election of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In a statement issued by the office of the US trade representative on Wednesday, the world power said the WTO is in dire need of reform and must…
