LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There was confusion in Rivers State at the weekend as the police denied storming hideout of some of the fleeing wounded gunmen in Oyigbo Local Government Area, Rivers State, killing four of them and a female nurse. It was earlier gathered that a tactical team of the Nigerian Police carried out the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ebonyi State Commissioner for Housing, Uche Okah, is dead. Ukah reportedly died on Friday at a hospital in Abuja, where she was receiving treatment over an undisclosed illness. Governor David Umahi on Saturday commiserated with the husband of the deceased, Celestine Okah, in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Maritime Journalists Association of Nigeria (MAJAN) and maritime stakeholders has concluded plans to hold a one-day programme to review activities and policies in the maritime industry in first quarter of 2021. A press statement sighted by NewsRangers disclosed that the programme slated for Thursday, May 20, 2021 in Lagos, will pave the…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Embittered by the unfortunate shooting and killing of four residents of Iseyin Town by men of the Nigerian Customs Service on Thursday, the Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba (Dr.) Salaudeen Adekunle Ajinese and other stakeholders of the ancient community yesterday pronounced outright expulsion of the security operatives from the community. The monarch made…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Asian Football Confederation has announced North Korea has pulled out of qualification for the 2022 World Cup. “The (AFC) has today confirmed the withdrawal of the DPR Korea Football Association from the Asian Qualifiers,” the AFC said in a statement on Sunday. Pyongyang has not yet given an official reason for…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Protesters took to the streets in London on Saturday to demonstrate against the ongoing violence in the Middle East. (May 15)Thousands of demonstrators marched from Hyde Park to the Israeli embassy in Kensington, after a week in which at least 126 people have been killed in Gaza and seven people have been…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers hailed the “historical achievement” of his side in beating Chelsea 1-0 on Saturday to lift the FA Cup for the first time in the club’s 137-year history. Youri Tielemans’s sensational winner was witnessed by 22,000 fans at Wembley. The largest crowd for a sports event in England since…
LAGOS MAY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The student reporter who gained national acclaim when he interviewed President Barack Obama at the White House in 2009 has died of natural causes, his family says. Damon Weaver was 23 when he died May 1, his sister, Candace Hardy, told the Palm Beach Post. Further details were not released. He had…
