LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Muslim and Christian leaders in Southern Kaduna have called for peace, restraint and mutual understanding following reactions to recent remarks by the Minister of Defence, Gen Christopher Musa (retd.), against former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The religious leaders, under the platforms of the Jama’atu Nasril Islam and the Christian Association of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi has rejected claims by his former running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, that opposition politicians hoping to defeat President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 election do not possess the capacity to bring meaningful change to Nigeria. According to a Vanguard report published on Monday, September 7, 2026, Obi insisted that…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Our attention has been drawn to a recent statement made by a former Vice Presidential candidate, Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, expressing the profound depth of the systemic challenges facing Nigeria by stating that no single individual, including H.E. Peter Obi, can rescue the nation. Dr Datti Baba-Ahmed’s suggestion that not even…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Union Bank of Nigeria has been recognised for its leadership in gender inclusion, emerging as Most Outstanding Bank in Gender Inclusion at the Women in Marketing and Communications Conference and Awards (WIMCA) 2026, held on Saturday, 29 August 2026, at Landmark Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos. This award was in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker fitted with a concealed compartment containing 2,145kg of cannabis, in a major breakthrough in its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking. The tanker, marked MKA 960 XC, was intercepted along the Akoko/Lokoja Expressway in Ondo State on Friday, 4…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A search is underway for an American family of two grandparents and two grandchildren who are missing after their small plane apparently crashed off the Bahamas coast Monday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard and Bahamian officials. “At approximately 2 p.m. the Royal Bahamian Defense Force requested Coast Guard assistance following…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Washington, U.S.-based lobby firm, Von Batten-Montague-York, L.C., hired by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said President Bola Tinubu will be embarrassed over past involvement in heroin smuggling if he attends the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The lobby firm in a post on X on Saturday said though there was…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has commiserated with the people of Zurmi in Zamfara State and Gumel in Jigawa State over the death of their Emirs. Obi wrote on his X handle, “I offer my heartfelt sympathies to the people of Zurmi Emirate in Zamfara State…
