LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The DG/CEO of NIMC, Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has reiterated the safety and protection of data in its National Identity Database (NIDB) as the country commemorates the National Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) Day. Engr Abisoye Coker-Odusote, represented by Engr Lanre Yusuf, Director, Information Technology and Identity Database (IT/IDD) at a press…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Real Madrid’s Brazilian star Vinícius Júnior has rejected the chance to leave the club and move to Saudi Arabia on a contract which would have been worth almost €1 billion over five years, according to Spanish reports. The striker, who has constantly been the butt of racism in Spain, nevertheless turned down…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-As the new harvest season unfolds, markets across Lagos and Abuja have seen a significant drop in the prices of tomatoes and peppers. At the bustling Ketu and Berger markets in Lagos, traders report that the price of a large basket of tomatoes has plummeted to between N55,000 and N60,000, a sharp…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles and Napoli hitman, Victor Osimhen, risk being fined by the club over an altercation with a fan who filmed him at a nightclub in Naples. Roberto Cerullo posted the video that showed the African Footballer of the Year pushing his way through a crowd to get an individual who was…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A rising footballer has died during a match training session in Ogrute, a community in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State, south-east Nigeria. The victim, Chisom Oodo, slumped during the training session on Saturday and died, PREMIUM TIMES gathered. The President of Concerned Igbo-Eze North Youths, Chijioke Eze, told PREMIUM…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Russian forces on Tuesday struck back at Ukrainian troops with missiles, drones and airstrikes in actions that one senior commander said had halted Ukraine’s advance after the biggest attack on sovereign Russian territory since the war began. Ukrainian soldiers smashed through the Russian border a week ago in a surprise attack that…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Peter Obi, the 2023 Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has strongly criticized Nigeria’s sports leadership following the country’s disappointing performance at the recently concluded 2024 Paris Olympics. Nigeria returned without a single medal, despite investing billions of naira, while nine other African nations celebrated medal wins. In a statement on his…
LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Union Bank, one of Nigeria’s most noteworthy and trusted financial institutions, has received another significant recognition with its recent attainment of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS) version 4.0 certification. This notable achievement, which is an upgrade from the previously awarded Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCIDSS) version 3.2,…
