LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The first 165,000 of up to 7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses that MTN Group is donating to African countries have arrived in Ghana, the South African telecoms company said on Tuesday. It is donating $25 million to support the African Union’s vaccination programme. The vaccines are intended to be distributed to health…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Berlin is planning to hand back its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, piling pressure on the British Museum to return its own world-class holdings. Germany is moving towards full restitution of its looted treasures, a foreign ministry official revealed yesterday. Hundreds of bronzes from the ancient Kingdom of Benin, located in modern-day Nigeria…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Pursuance to its mandate of its voluntary movement aimed at salvaging its noble Profession; to strengthening the administration of its regulatory council towards attaining optimal regulations and leaving no stone unturned towards the enthronement of professionalism in the freight forwarding sector, the Congregation of Registered Freight Forwarding Practitioners Of Nigeria – CREFFPON…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen on Tuesday killed a disc jockey, Adeyemi Bankole, in Mowe, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the assailants accosted the 35-year-old in the Adesan area of Mowe around 11pm when he was about to board a motorcycle to his house. PUNCH Metro learnt…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for the immortalisation of Rev. Sr. Dr. Henrietta Alokha, who died last year while rescuing school children during the explosion at Bethlehem Secondary School, Abule-Ado, on March 15, 2020. While speaking at the…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger on Sunday, the government said, making it one of the deadliest days in recent memory in a country ravaged by Islamist violence. The unidentified assailants struck in the afternoon, raiding three villages and other hamlets in Tahoua region bordering…
LAGOS MARCH 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Ex-Super Eagles midfielder, Barnabas Imenger, is dead. His death was confirmed by Lobi Stars’ Media Officer, Austin Tyowua on Monday. According to Tyowua, Imenger passed away at the National Hospital in Abuja on Monday morning, after battling a protracted illness. He was Lobi Stars’ team manager until his demise. Imenger was reportedly…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidential election, a former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has called for the zoning and rotation of the presidency among the six geo-political zones of the country. This, he said, remained paramount for tranquility, development and growth of the country. Gowon, who spoke yesterday at the…
