LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were killed and 29 injured at Calabar Carnival on Tuesday when a car lost control and rammed into a crowd of onlookers, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said. The Sector Commander of the Corps, Maikano Hassan, confirmed the number of casualties to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)….
LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joseph “Jo Mersa” Marley, son of musician Stephen Marley and the grandson of reggae legend Bob Marley, has died. He was 31. A rep for the singer confirmed Marley’s death to Rolling Stone, but did not give a cause of death. The Jamaican American reggae artist was allegedly found unresponsive in a vehicle, according to an…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Tuesday announced Akin Osuntokun, a former aide to President Olusegun Obasanjo, as the new Director General of his campaign council. Osuntokun replaced former DG of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe, who announced his resignation in a letter last Tuesday following a…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Every year the instant messaging platform WhatsApp ends its support for several phones and this year is no different. As the year 2022 is coming to an end, WhatsApp is also ending support for some Android phones as well as a few iPhone models. While this should sound worrying, most users…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Coalition of the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Ahmed Datti, known as ObiDatti in Bauchi State, has dissociated itself from a poster in circulation having the pictures of Peter Obi and the presidential candidate of the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP),…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The group of five governors (G-5) elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in what could be described as another jamboree, have travelled to the United Kingdom for another strategic meeting. The group led by the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, has in continuation of its endless foreign…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerien military helicopter crashed landing at an airport in the capital Niamey on Monday, killing three people on board including an expatriate instructor, the defence ministry said. The helicopter was returning from a routine training flight when it crashed on a military runway, the statement said. The wreckage burst into flames,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Professor Pat Utomi-led Big Tent Coalition of political parties and civil society organisations has created layers of independent structures, and introduced novel cause-related engagements for the productive and collaborative engagement of “Obidients.” These structures engage the grassroots with a view to re-orientating the nation’s politics, writes Deji Elumoye. The Big Tent…
