LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Boko Haram terrorists in a flagrant show of defiance have again openly celebrated this Year’s Eid-el-Fitr in Sambisa Forest. The five minute, 17 second video footage seen by a News Agency of Nigeria correspondent in Maiduguri, Borno State, shows the terrorists and their families dressed in festival attires, performing salat after…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed not to meet with aggrieved members of the New Peoples Democratic Party bloc in the All Progressives Congress. This was disclosed to newsmen on Monday in Abuja by a top functionary of the Buhari Administration. The nPDP members had given as condition for their continued stay in…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos state says it has ordered additional 820 new buses as some of those already delivered recently tested the constructed terminals in preparation for the take-off of the Bus Reform Initiative (BRI) of the government. The initiative is designed to bequeath a world class transportation system and enhance connectivity across the state,…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has denied releasing guidelines for presidential primaries ahead of the 2019 general election as reported in a national daily. The PDP in a statement by Mr Ike Abonyi, the Media Aide to its national chairman said it was still in the process of drawing up the guidelines…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Egypt team official has confirmed goalkeeper Mohamed Elshenawy declined to receive a player of the match trophy at the World Cup for religious reasons. The trophy, an artistic red goblet, is sponsored by Budweiser. Islam prohibits the consumption of alcohol. Egypt team director Ihab Leheta told The Associated Press on Sunday…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Blasts have killed at least 20 people in northeast Nigeria, police said, while residents said the toll was even higher in the largest attack for weeks in a region blighted by the Islamist militant Boko Haram insurgency. In an emailed statement issued on Sunday, the police said 20 people had been killed…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has attributed Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Croatia in the opening match at Kaliningrad to too many mistakes. The Eastern Europeans broke the deadlock in the first half as a Mario Mandzukic’s header was unfortunately steered home by Oghenekaro Etebor. Luka Modric converted a second half penalty to…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Screening Appeals Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Convention has said that 19 aspirants for various party offices were screened out of the race and will have their cases reviewed by the appeals based on the merit of their case. The committee also said that the appeals committee received…