LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the presidential front-runner of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the 2023 Labour Party candidate, has outlined the reasons why more than half of Nigeria’s population lives below the poverty line, despite the country’s wealth of natural and human resources. While receiving the leadership of the Association of Skilled…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRNGERS)-A 45-year-old hunter, Kehinde Adetunji, has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating the kidnapping and murder of his friend, Edafe Oghenekome, in Utese Village, Ovia Southwest Local Government Area of Edo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adetunji colluded with gunmen to abduct Oghenekome, who had recently sold pineapples from his farm worth millions…
LAGOS MARCH 8TH (NEWSRANGERS0-The US president took to his social media platform Truth Social to say the US did not need the UK’s two aircraft carriers in the Middle East. “The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria can harness her gas resources for industrialisation if it achieves stable regulatory enforcement, fair pricing and infrastructure ownership models in the sector, Managing Director Shell Nigeria Gas (SNG) Ralph Gbobo said in Lagos recently. Speaking at the Energy Week of the Lagos Section of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE),…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Infamous Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho”, was buried in a golden casket by his family on Monday. The cartel leader died after being wounded in a firefight between his bodyguards and Mexican special forces personnel deployed to capture him in late February. The 59-year-old founder of…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Pentagon on Tuesday identified four of the six American troops killed in the opening hours of the war with Iran. Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Florida; Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Nebraska; Sgt. 1st Class Nicole M. Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minnesota;…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iranian-backed militias across the Middle East carried out strikes against American forces and partners across the region, a new escalation following the U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran, which killed the country’s supreme leader and much of its military leadership. An Iranian-backed militia in Iraq and Hezbollah in Lebanon have joined the fight…
LAGOS MARCH 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Identity Management Commission, NIMC, Ward Level Enrolment Drive which officially commenced on Monday 16th February 2026 is still ongoing and progressing steadily across the federation. NIMC reiterates that the National Identification Number (NIN) remains a foundational requirement for accessing critical government services in Nigeria. The Commission therefore encourages all…