LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWRANGERS)- With nuclear tensions at a high between Russia and the West, Vladimir Putin has said that he is willing to destroy the world – but only if Russia is threatened. In a two-hour video documentary released in his native Russia, Putin said that he would give the order to launch if…
Peter Obi,Women’s Dday, LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has lamented the plight of Nigerian women, especially women in the north-eastern part of the country, who have had their problems compounded by the Boko Haram insurgency. “My heart bleeds for abused and exploited women around our beloved country, but more…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWRANGERS)-A female member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), identified only as Debbie, was yesterday crushed by a moving train in Ikeja, Lagos State. The accident left her body seriously mangled. According to an eye witness account, “the train was not moving at a high speed. People tried to call her…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Computer Engineering Student who is in his final year at the University of Benin, identified only as Adam, on Thursday evening, committed suicide after hanging himself inside his room. From the reports gathered from his close friend, the deceased had attended classes as usual that fateful day, came back home and…
By Emeka Ozumba LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was virtually no dry eye at the re-unification of a lost woman presumed dead thirty-five years ago with her family by the wife of Governor of Anambra State, Chief (Mrs.) Ebelechukwu Obiano (Osodieme). The remarkable re-union was the highpoint the 2018 International Women’s Day Celebration held Thursday at…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Accra bound Arik Air Flight W3304 from Lagos Tuesday day night was alleged to have caught fire 35 minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The 55 minutes flight was operated by a Bombardier Q400 (Dash 8) aircraft and took off at about 7:20 p.m. Nigerian time….
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Wattana Kunwongse, Thailand’s ambassador to Nigeria, has faulted a claim reportedly made by the Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, that Thailand accused Nigeria of being responsible for the collapse of its seven rice mills following the drastic fall in rice importation from the country. The ambassador, in a letter sent to PremiumTimes…
By Amos Okioma Hundreds of residents in Kilama, Tein,Tambiri,Egbebiri communities within Biseni in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa have been rendered homeless following a violent rainstorm. The whirlwind that accompanied the storm blew away the roofs of over 70 houses, five churches and three schools and destroyed over electric poles, disrupting power supply to…