LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Omotayo Alasoadura, has disclosed that the Federal Government has released about N7 billion to contractors to facilitate the completion of the East-West Road project. This was contained in a statement by the ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Deworitshe Patricia, titled “FG released…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS(0Two suspects have been arrested after gunmen attacked St.Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church, Malumfashi on Thursday. During the attack, a priest, Reverend father Alphonsus Bello, died and another one, Reverend father Joe Keke, abducted. It was learnt that the gunmen invaded the church compound around 11 pm and headed for the residences of…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States has said that the $7 million bounty placed on the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Abubakar Shekau, will not be given to members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province. The US made this known via a tweet by its State Department Rewards for Justice Program while…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s army chief, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, died in a plane crash on Friday on an official visit to the northern state of Kaduna, which has had security challenges in recent months, the presidency said. The air force said in a statement that its plane crashed near Kaduna airport and that it…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Five persons have been reported killed in a clash involving factional members of the All Progressives Congress in Oko-Baba, in the Lagos Mainland Local Government Area of Lagos State. During the clash, which started around 11am on Wednesday, residents scampered for safety as the hoodlums fought with different weapons, including guns, sticks…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people, including a neurosurgeon and a psychiatrist, are facing charges in Argentina related to the death of soccer star Diego Maradona. The two doctors, along with two nurses, a nurse coordinator, another doctor and a psychologist, are accused of being negligent with Maradona and conducting themselves in an “inappropriate, deficient and…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has staged a one-man protest at the Electoral Independence Commission (INEC) Headquarters, Abuja against the purported plan of the electoral body to use National Identification Number (NIN) as a data base for the conduct of 2023 general election. Omirhobo who addressed journalist at the…
LAGOS MAY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS0-Multinational oil giant Shell has revealed its intention to withdraw from Nigeria’s onshore oil sector. Making this known at Shell’s annual general meeting on Tuesday, the CEO, Van Beurden, said his organisation was in talks with the Nigerian government to work out how to exit its onshore licenses. Mr Beurden explained that…
