LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nine people were killed in three suicide bombings in southeastern Niger near the border with Nigeria, a local official said on Tuesday. The attacks occurred late Monday in the regional capital of Diffa, a frequent target of the Boko Haram jihadist group, the official, who asked not to be identified, told AFP….
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Coordinator, National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme, Dr. Adebola Lawanson, yesterday disclosed in Abuja that 420 Nigerians die everyday due to tuberculosis. She said N14.4 billion is needed to control the spread of the disease, even as 154, 000 deaths are also recorded every year. The coordinator advocated stiffer tariff on…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Christian Elders Forum being championed by over 100 elder statesmen, including a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, has dismissed rumours that it was no longer in the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN). The NCEF said the leadership of CAN under Stephen Olasupo Ayokunle, landed in more embarrassment…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Bayelsa State government has emphasised the need to give the child the necessary education that would make her a reference point in global reckoning. The government specifically stated that it would make girl child education a priority of the Restoration Administration of Governor Henry Seriake Dickson. The Bayelsa State Commissioner for…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the African country of Nigeria, oil wells may be flowing again, but the country’s largest operator says attacks continue to put a brake on output. “Security in parts of the Niger delta remains a major concern with persisting incidents of criminality, kidnapping and vandalism as well as onshore and offshore piracy,”…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Sundiata Post Media Group (https://sundiatapost.com), Nigeria’s authoritative online news platform, has launched the country’s first specialised social network, Sundiata Scholar (https://scholar.sundiatapost.com), an educational social media platform. Sundiata Scholar provides an avenue for people in the education industry namely students, teachers, lecturers, professors, administrators, alumni groups and education stakeholders, among others, to connect and…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Trust and credibility survey among the Nigerians in the mainstream institutions of government, business, media and non-governmental organisations has revealed that 72 per cent of Nigerians rank trust in an organisation as number one consideration above other factors when buying a product or relating with an organisation. In the first ever 2018…
LAGOS JUNE 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) condemns the brutal attack on Emeka Ihiegbulem, a correspondent of the PUNCH Newspapers, and calls for an immediate investigation into the incident. On May 22, 2018, a group of men from the army, police and other security agencies beat-up Emeka Ihiegbulem, while he was covering…