LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, confirmed 20 commissioner-nominees while 17 of the 39 nominees sent to the leadership of the House for confirmation by the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu were disqualified. The governor had on July 28, 2023, submitted names of 39 commissioner-nominees and special adviser to the House…
Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan has qualified for the women’s 100-meter hurdles final at the 2023 World Athletics Championship. The Nigerian dipped at 12.56 seconds to finish first in heat three of the semi-final on Wednesday at the Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, Budapest, Hungary. Ackera Nugent of Jamaica took second at 12.60 seconds, followed by the Netherlands’s Nadine…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A killer squad that disguises wearing Army camouflage has invaded the Lagos metropolis. This squad mounts illegal road blocks at different parts of the state to carry out their illegal activities. So far, over five innocent Nigerians have been killed and their cars stolen in the last two weeks after their encounter with the…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The West African bloc ECOWAS rejected the proposal by Niger’s mutinous soldiers for a three-year transition to democratic rule, with a commissioner describing the slow timeline as a provocation. The door for diplomacy with Niger’s junta remained open but the bloc is not going to engage in drawn-out talks that lead nowhere,…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, who led a brief armed rebellion against the Russian military earlier this year, was presumed dead Wednesday after a plane crash north of Moscow that killed all 10 people on board. Prigozhin was on the plane, according to Russia’s civil aviation agency, which cited the airline. The crash…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-In the midst of the intensifying gubernatorial race in Imo State, Peter Gregory Obi, the presidential flag bearer of the Labour Party, has expressed concern in a video (38:28) about the ongoing hardships faced by the underprivileged masses despite government actions in the country. Addressing the audience during the Labour Party’s campaign…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Bauchi State has arrested a 24-year-old woman, Furera Abubakar, over alleged murder of her four-day-old stepchild at Bantu village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, on Tuesday in Bauchi. He said…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGRS)-The Oodua Integrity Group, a youth socio-cultural group, has called on the Controller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Wale Adeniyi to clear the air on his alleged age falsification. This is coming amidst publication by a global information team regarding the actual age of Wale Adeniyi, the customs boss. But…
