LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-– Pope Francis has decried an attack on a church in Nigeria that killed 15 people, including two priests. In remarks Sunday to the public in St. Peter’s Square, the pontiff prayed that Nigeria’s Christian community can find harmony and peace. The massacre last week occurred in Benue state in central Nigeria,…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has pledged to support this year’s Cycling Lagos event scheduled to hold on August 25, 2018. Speaking at a World Press Conference to unveil programmes for the international cycling event (www.cyclinglagos.com) that promised to be one of the biggest sports, tourism and entertainment events in Nigeria and the…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In its resolve to decongest Calabar metropolis while ensuring that the roads remain safe for users, the Cross River Government has commenced the building of a haulage city. Designed to accommodate 8000 trucks daily, the city will also have a police station, a bank, hotel, restaurant as well as a sophisticated tracking…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra, Mr. Peter Obi, has consoled the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria; the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, and the entire people of the State as well the families of the priests and other faithful killed in the attack in the Church. He also regretted that…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-World football governing body, FIFA, at the weekend warned that it would not consult with any of the parties battling for the leadership of the Nigeria Football Federation before throwing the country out of the game if it found that a third party has been meddling in the nation’s football affairs. The…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Financial Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Ekiti, Mr Kayode Oni, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. Oni was said to have been abducted on a spot on the Efon Alaaye-Erio-Ekiti federal highway while returning to his home, Aramoko Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti West Local Government area late on Saturday….
By Eze Onyekpere LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The failed recall of Senator Dino Melaye on Saturday provides an opportunity for lessons to be drawn from the implementation of the recall constitutional provisions. Out of 189,870 signatories to the petition for Melaye’s recall, only 18,742 were verified by the Independent National Electoral Commission. This is a paltry…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than two thousands protesting Christian members of ECWA Goodnews Church shut down major streets in Jos, Plateau state capital. The were protesting the killings of Christians by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The protesters led by the Senior Pastor, ECWA Goodnews Church in Ahmadu Bello Way, Jos, Rev. Joshua Tuwan took the…
