LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunfire was heard near Saudi Arabia’s royal palace Saturday, prompting widespread speculation as authorities said a toy drone was downed. “An official Riyadh district police spokesman said that at about 19:50 p.m. on Saturday, 5/8/1439 a security screening point in the Al-Khuzama district of Riyadh noticed a small, remote-controlled recreational aircraft (drone)…
LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A grand coalition of opposition political parties, including a chunk of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and influential political stakeholders across the country, is being firmed up ahead of the 2019 general election to wrest power from President Muhammadu Buhari’s party. The new coalition may be unveiled in the next few…
Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi (left), exchanging pleasantries with the Methodist Archbishop of Umuahia, His Grace, Dr. Raphael Opoko, at the 57th annual Diocesan Synod of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Umuahia . . . on Saturday.[/caption] LAGOS APRIL 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called Nigerians,…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-There is tension in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra state as masquerades celebrating their Uzo Iyi annual festival, yesterday, invaded Holy Ghost Adoration Ministry Uke, killing one and leaving scores injured. The invading masquerades attacked priests including the Spiritual Director who was shielded by his congregation to escape lynching…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Seventy-six-year-old former president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, is set to marry for the seventh time. His bride-to-be is 24-year-old Nonkanyiso Conco, who confirmed to TimesLIVE that she and the embattled former president are set to wed. “Yes‚ we are getting married‚ but that is all I can say. I need to…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain and 2011 Delta State Governorship aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has supported former Vice President Alhaji Abubakar’s claim against President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that Nigerian youths are lazy. Reacting to the President statement while addressing Nigerian youths in an empowerment programme organized by Onuesoke Foundation in Warri, Delta…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The African Development Bank will hold a Workshop on Strengthening the Role of Parliament in Combating Illicit Financial Flows from Africa (IFFs) from 24 to 26 April 2018 in Abuja. Since the approval of the Bank Group’s Policy on the Prevention of Illicit Financial Flows and its accompanying Strategic Framework and Action…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is summoning former leader Robert Mugabe to explain past comments on alleged diamond looting — the first time a public institution has called him to account for such claims made during his 37-year rule. Mugabe, who resigned in November following a military intervention and extraordinary public demonstrations, has…
