LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An explosion and fire near an illegal oil refinery site in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region killed at least 12 people Friday, police said, although local residents reported a much higher death toll. The explosion in Emuoha council area of the southern Rivers state occurred along a pipeline targeted by illegal refinery operators…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people are feared dead following an explosion from a crude oil tapping point in Rumuekpe commumity in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the explosion occurred when one of the buses loaded with crude oil ‘packaged in bags’ to transport to a refining site had started…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Six states of the federation; Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo and Sokoto have dragged the federal government before the Supreme Court over the conduct, collation and announcement of the February 25, 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections. Naija News understands that the six states are asking the Supreme Court to declare that…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s Flying Eagles are through to the semi-finals at the 2023 Africa U-20 World Cup following a 1-0 win over the Hippos of Uganda. The seven-time champions also secured a place at the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup after the hard-earned victory. The Hippos were the better side in the opening minutes…
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), says the election results do not “reflect the will of the people”. His statement comes amid criticisms of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its failure to electronically transmit results to its portal. On Wednesday, Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of the commission, declared Bola Tinubu,…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The U.S. has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address technical hitches reportedly associated with the use of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) before the governorship and state assembly elections on March 11. Ned Price, Spokesperson for the State Department, in a statement, said Nigerians were clearly within their…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has so far uploaded 147,578 results from 176, 846 polling units, five days after the presidential election. The figure represents 83 per cent of results from all the polling units. As of the time of filing this report, the electronic transmission of results was still ongoing. Nigerians…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 316,071 people have signed an online petition calling on the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and European Union authorities to cancel the visas of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, over alleged rigging of last Saturday’s presidential election in favour of the ruling All Progressives…
