LAGOS MAY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Many persons are feared dead following a stampede which began before the beginning of a programme organised by a new generation church in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. According to The Punch, a source stated that the Church had invited the public to come and get gifts for its fourth anniversary….
LAGOS MAY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced a dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old schoolgirl in a barrack. Judge Abiola Soladoye, in her ruling, said Mr Alidu was a disgrace to the police because he failed to uphold law and order and went about…
Valentine Obienyem LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Opinion pieces are meant to be intellectual engagements, which usually mirror the maturity, depth and inclination of the writers. Some end up educating; some even entertain; some pontificate; while others analyse with or without proffered solutions. Alas, one of the tragedies of the Nigerian communication environment is that some fine,…
LAGOS MAY 13TH (URHOBOTODAY)-The Delta State Government has officially handover $40m Songhai Farm to an American incorporation, Adventium Global Delta Consortium Limited. The State Government recently signed an MoU with the firm for the transformation of the Songhai Delta Farm at Amukpe in Sapele Local Government Area into an Agro-Industrial Processing, Tourism and Training Park….
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two unnamed presidential aspirants were disqualified on Friday from contesting the presidential primary by a panel set up by the People’s Democratic Party. The primary election will be held in May. The chairman of the committee and former President of the Nigerian Senate, David Mark, said those disqualified did not meet the…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has said he is not desperate to be president but eager to see Nigeria work. The two-term governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the PDP in the 2019 general elections, stated this on Wednesday…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-As the race towards the 2023 General Elections continues to gather momentum, posters of former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan have flooded some cities in Northern Nigeria. This has equally sparked reactions on social media, with some expressing excitement about the possibility of his re-election in 2023. In Gombe, some of the posters…
LAGOS APRIL 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than three persons have been confirmed killed following a bomb explosion that rocked a drinking joint at a cattle market in Iware Community, a suburb of Ardo-Kola Local Government Area of Taraba State. At least 19 other persons have also been confirmed injured and receiving treatment at various health centres…
