LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Ms. Maureen Chigbo, has stated that the organization’s primary objective is to sanitize the online media space and establish standards for the industry. Speaking at the launch of GOCOP’s maiden publication, “Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspectives on Online Publishing,” and a fundraising…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Al-Hilal are reportedly prepared to offer Victor Osimhen a staggering €50m (about N89 billion) per season salary to join them from Napoli. Last week, Osimhen turned down what was already a huge wage offer of €30m (about 54 billion) per season. This was after Al-Hilal had already agreed to activate the release…
LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service attached to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) collaborated and stole N1 million from Oke Adhekegba, a Nigerian returning from the United States of America (USA), on May 16. Adhekegba arrived at the airport from the US on a British Airways flight on that day…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A commercial tricycle rider has died after a head-on collision with a Sports Utility Vehicle reportedly driving against traffic in the Origan, Oko-Afo area of Lagos State. The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority said the incident occurred along the Badagry Expressway corridor over the weekend. According to a statement released on Sunday…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Key allies of the Labour Party’s 2023 presidential candidate, Peter Obi, have dismissed recent comments by his former campaign spokesperson and veteran actor, Kenneth Okonkwo, in which he accused Obi of betrayal. In a viral podcast interview on Saturday, Okonkwo claimed that despite working strenuously for Obi during and after the last…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Over 100 cattle reportedly belonging to suspected armed Fulani herdsmen have died while attempting to cross the River Benue into Nasarawa State. The incident occurred on Saturday, with eyewitnesses saying many of the animals drowned or were buried by collapsing sandbanks along the river due to erosion. Olikita Ekani, a farmer who…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-A helicopter carrying Hindu pilgrims has crashed in India, killing seven people on board. The accident happened within minutes of the helicopter taking off, officials said, on what should have been a 10-minute flight. The helicopter was flying to Guptkashi, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site in the Himalayas, from Kedarnath temple town…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Court of Appeal Lagos Division has discharged and acquitted a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, Patrick Akpobolokemi, of a N754.8m fraud charge brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. In a unanimous judgment delivered on Friday, via zoom, the three-member panel of the…