LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Comedy isnow a multi-billion naira industry in Nigeria. A new couple could pay a comedian one million naira to perform at their wedding, but argue furiously against paying a surgeon one hundred thousand naira to perform a caesarian section to save two lives. Comedy is also the cheapest possible start-up, because the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday manhandled journalists at its head office in Abuja while a group of activists, including the convener of Concerned Nigerians, Deji Adeyanju, was submitting a petition addressed to the Chairman of the commission, Ibrahim Magu. The activists had gone to submit a petition…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A bear in a Russian circus turned on its trainer during a show this week and was subdued with a stun gun, adding to the argument that wild animals shouldn’t be used for entertainment. The 660-pound brown bear and handler Ruslan Solodyuk of the traveling Anshlag circus were doing a routine in…
LAGOS OCTOBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 30-year-old applicant, Sulaimon Agboola, who pleaded guilty to throwing stones and bottles at police officers on duty, has been remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Facility, Apapa, Lagos. Magistrate M.O. Tanimola ordered in Ikeja on Friday that the defendant should remain behind bars pending review of the facts of the case and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian winger has been a revelation since he made his debut last season and now Villarreal are doing all to keep Chukwueze away from top European clubs by offering him a new bumper deal with a release clause set at €100m. The new deal shows how far the youngster has come…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight cows were killed by lightning at a mountain in Oyinmo Quarters, Ikare Akoko the headquarters of Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State late on Tuesday evening. The incident happened barely a month after 36 cows were killed by lightning in Ijare town in Ifedore Local…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari and Russian President, Vladimir Putin Wednesday in Sochi, Russia, agreed to put Nigeria-Russia relations on a fast track, and pursue the completion of partially completed and abandoned projects initiated by both countries. At a bilateral meeting held on sidelines of ongoing Russia-Africa Summit, the two leaders agreed to start…
LAGOS OCTOBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Sabon Gari area of Zaria in Kaduna State on Thursday over the proposed bill to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol. The hearing of the proposed bill took place at the Sabon Gari Local Government Area secretariat where emotion flew. Sabon Gari is a settlement for non…
