LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian military attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed an unspecified number of civilians gathered for a religious celebration, authorities said Monday. The attack was the latest in recent errant bombings of local residents in Nigeria’s troubled regions. The attack on Sunday night in Tudun Biri village of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone attack that the state emergency agency in northern Kaduna state said killed at least 85 people at the weekend. The state’s governor, a religious leader and witnesses told Reuters on Monday that dozens of civilians were killed…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Victor Osimhen has won the Italian Footballers’ Association (AIC) Player of the Year award for the 2022/23 Serie A season. The 24-year-old Nigerian won the prize at the Gran Gala del Calcio held in Milan on Monday evening. The award was organised by AIC, which is the organisation that protects and assists…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi has recently reacted after a Nigerian identified as Tariye Gbadegesin became the first African to be appointed as the CEO of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). Speaking in a post, Peter Obi mentioned that Tariye will lead the CIF in pioneering clean energy transitions, nature-based solutions, and resilience in over…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Controversial Nigerian singer, Portable has finally reacted to his sudden exclusion from a Celestial Church praise night. DAILY POST reports that a Lagos-based church recently stirred up controversies after unveiling popular Fuji musician, Pasuma and Portable as guest artistes for its upcoming programme. Condemning the development, Celestial Church leader, Olatosho Oshoffa, in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-At least three people were killed and dozens wounded in a bomb attack on a Catholic Mass in the insurgency-plagued southern Philippines on Sunday, with President Ferdinand Marcos blaming “foreign terrorists”. The blast happened during a regular service at Mindanao State University’s gymnasium in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city, regional police…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC), has fined the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), N500 million over inaccuracy and irregularities in its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. The Council also suspended the FRC registration number- FRC/2017/CIANG/00000016699 of the NIMASA Director General, Dr. Bashir Jamoh…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A protester with a Palestinian flag self-immolated on Friday outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, authorities said. The person, whom officials did not identify, is in critical condition, Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said at a news conference. A security guard who attempted to intervene was also injured. “We believe this building remains…
