LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Horns blaring from the crowd, Nigerian candidate Peter Obi makes his pitch, repeating a mantra that he offers youth a chance for change in February’s election. For 35-year-old footwear seller Joseph Nwankwo it was what wants to hear. “I never voted for any party. They believed our vote never counted. This time…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Flight attendant, Yasser Saleh, died of a heart attack while working on a flight from Bahrain to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Dead On Arrival The Gulf Air flight attendant was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital on Tuesday morning. Saleh was part of the cabin crew on flight GF 19 which…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House Committee on Public Petitions has summoned the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), in connection with the sales of impounded vehicles as scraps by the service. Ali was directed to appear at the House on Tuesday, following his failure to show up last Wednesday. The…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) is to honour a few media personalities in the maiden edition of its “Milestone Recognition of Media Icons” initiative. The Union in a statement said unlike other awards, the Milestone Recognition of Media Icons, being organised in conjunction with the Lagos…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tiantian Kullander, the influential young founder of cryptocurrency company Amber Group, died suddenly in his sleep on Nov. 23, the company confirmed. The group had just received a $3 billion valuation earlier this year, and was in the process of raising another $100 million—a meteoric success in which he played an integral…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou mysteriously disappeared before kickoff of his team’s shocking 2-0 World Cup win over Belgium on Sunday. Bounou lined up with the Morocco team for the national anthems and then went to speak to coach Walid Regragui, who embraced him and turned to speak to his reserve keeper. Munir…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters pushed to the brink by China’s strict COVID measures in Shanghai called for the removal of the country’s all-powerful leader and clashed with police Sunday as crowds took to the streets in several cities in an astounding challenge to the government. Police forcibly cleared the demonstrators in China’s financial capital who called…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet are at the risk of being impounded by foreign creditors, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Findings indicated that the PAF was indebted to several service providers for various upgrades carried out on the 10 aircraft in the fleet to meet the required airworthiness. The PAF provides secure…
