LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A survivor of the Lagos tanker explosion has narrated what led to the fire accident that happened at Otedola Bridge, which resulted in the death of nine people and destruction of 54 vehicles. The man whose identity was not disclosed, speaking to newsmen at the scene of the accident, said the tanker…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)- A prominent ljaw leader and chieftain of All Progressives Congress APC in Delta State, Chief Michael Johnny has warned that any attempt to divert the Dockyard, a component of the Nigerian Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, to Lagos or Rivers State will cause fresh crisis in Niger Delta region. Johnny, in…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has granted Nigeria a $2.1billion loan to be used exclusively for seven projects. The development bank in a statement Thursday said the projects cut across supporting Nigeria’s investment in nutrition, access to electricity, states’ fiscal transparency, polio eradication, women’s economic empowerment, public finance and national statistics and reducing vulnerability…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of people were reported to have roasted to death as result of a fuel-laden tanker that exploded along the Otedola Bridge axis of Berger in Lagos with the blaze engulfing at least forty other vehicles. The tanker was heading out of Lagos towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the crash occurred, causing…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has disclosed that in line with his avowed committement to make Cross River state the rice hub of Africa, the Cross River Seedling Factory has gone into full production barely 24 hours after it was commissioned by President Muhammadu Buhari. This follows the receipt of…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Executive Director, Sales and Marketing of Globacom, Okon Iyanam, was Wednesday night murdered in his hotel in Mowe, Ogun State by unknown gunmen. He was specifically identified by the gunmen and shot pointblank in the neck region. He died instantly. Below is how the killers gunned down a high flyer…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGRS)-Some Niger Delta leaders, stakeholders and groups, yesterday, lashed out at President Muhammadu Buhari over his Monday avowal that those clamouring for restructuring of the country had selfish motives, saying the President was misled as no force, including him (Buhari) can stop restructuring. President Buhari, playing host, Monday, to Urhobo leaders from…
LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old man, Boluwaji Adenugba, has reportedly committed suicide at Ore town, in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The late Adenugba, who was said to be retired a military officer, reportedly shot himself in his house with a dane gun on Tuesday after returning home from the bush where…