LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, has said Nigeria requires competent, accountable and compassionate leadership to unlock its vast human and natural resources and place the country on the path of sustainable development. Obi stated this in a post on his official X handle on Tuesday after participating…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-So it turns out that the method to create a two-time World Cup finalist squad is fairly simple. Start with a fanbase whose devotion to the team makes reverends and pastors envious. Build a squad of rabid wolverines trained to drag anyone in a different jersey down to the grass, hard. Add…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Lautaro Martinez scored a 92nd-minute winner as Lionel Messi inspired World Cup holders Argentina to a stunning comeback to beat England 2-1 on Wednesday and set up a final with European champions Spain. England had been on course to reach their first World Cup final since 1966 after Anthony Gordon fired…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Apapa Customs Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said its officers discovered Cannabis Indica worth ₦26,569,847,771, weighing 4,143.5 kilograms, during a routine examination of three imported used vehicles—a red Nissan Micra (2015 model), a black Toyota Corolla S (2019 model), and a grey Toyota Corolla (2015 model)—at Apapa…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tension gripped parts of Mushin, Yaba and Fadeyi areas of Lagos on Tuesday evening following reports of sporadic gunshots and the alleged death of a senior chieftain of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), identified as Toba Ijaiya. The reports, which circulated widely on social media and messaging platforms,…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The news of the arrest of Adeniyi Adeyemi, the Director-General of the fake Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) broke on Tuesday few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his arrest. Adeyemi was smoked out and arrested from his hideout in Osun State by operatives of the Intelligence…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Panic gripped the University of Jos (UNIJOS) community on Tuesday after the beheaded body of a middle-aged man was discovered on farmland within the university environment. The deceased, whose identity had yet to be officially confirmed as of the time of filing this report, was found with his head severed and missing,…
LAGOS JULY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Companies in Nigeria awarded contracts worth $518 million to indigenous companies last year in a big boost to the development of Nigerian content in oil and gas operations. Similarly, some 123 indigenous companies were engaged across the value chain of Shell businesses in Nigeria in the same period. “The payments…
