LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Russian warship called Dmitrii Donskoi carrying gold worth £100 billion has been discovered off the coast of South Korea and is believed to have sunk in a naval battle 113 years ago. It is thought that the battle ship, which was discovered off the island of Ulleungdo, was sunken during the…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Aviation unions have threatened to truncate the birth of the new carrier few hours after Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, unveiled the name and logo of the proposed national carrier, ‘Nigeria Air’. Comrade Olayinka Abioye, General Secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), in an interview with Independent,…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced the inclusion of weekends and public holidays as ‘work days’ of its personnel in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR). The commission in statement by its National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mallam Mohammed Haruna, in Abuja said the extension…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It’s not every day you find a cat sitting down like other students to study. A cat was photographed sitting on a bench with a book opened in between its paws in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. While students went to Awo cafe to read, the cat joined them, took up space…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suleiman Wambai, North-Central National Vice Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) said Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is not leaving the party. Wambai told newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia that the governor has not officially written to the party about his intention to leave. He said that despite the lack of…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was meant to be a gathering to pray for a politician’s mother, but yesterday’s session in Ilorin was more than that. Politicians latched onto the prayer to smoothen defection talks between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Reformed-All Progressives Congress(R-APC)—the conclave of aggrived APC members. The secret session was between…
LAGOS JULY 19TH(NEWSRANGERS)-The Act of Hospitals Locking Up Customers From Exiting Their Premises On The Guise That They Must Complete Payment Amounts To False Imprisonment, Court Rules A High Court of Anambra State presided over by Hon. Justice Okuma, has ruled that the act of Corporate Institutions, especially, Hospitals locking up their customers/clients from exiting…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos ports are practically swimming in empty containers and the terminals have little or no space to take in new delivery. The situation, our correspondent gathered, had contributed to the worsening traffic situation at the ports. On Friday, truck drivers embarked on a six-day strike over what they described as extortion by…