LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-For the first time, a woman has been given the “Man of The Year” award in Umuaka, a community in Imo state. Umuaka Times declared Lesley Agams the Man of the Year for Umuaka community in recognition of her “intervention programs in building the capacity of Umuaka women.” A woman has never held…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 63rd Grammy Awards will not take place Jan. 31 in Los Angeles, as had been planned by the Recording Academy, which presents the music industry’s most prestigious awards show. The organization said Tuesday that the annual ceremony — postponed due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 — would instead take…
LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-There is confusion among electricity consumers and distribution companies over a fresh hike in electricity tariff. On Tuesday, a report by a national daily emerged saying that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved over 50 per cent hike in electricity tariff payable by customers of the 11 distribution companies (Discos)….
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A cleric, Msgr Sylvester Mgbemfulu, has described the return of schools to the Church as the most fundamental, amongst other achievements of Peter Obi as the Governor of Anambra State. Msgr. Mgbemfulu, who has been in the seminary for over 40 years, 38 of them as the Chemistry teacher at St. John…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s football legend Christian Chukwu is still very much alive, News Express can authoritatively report this Tuesday afternoon, January 5, 2020. Rumours of Chukwu’s purported death started making the rounds early in the afternoon but checks by News Express in his Enugu base proved the tales to be fake news. One of…
LAGOS JANAURY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, was on Sunday, whisked away in Ulunya, Ovoko, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, when some suspected thugs invaded a football pitch where he kicked-off a match. Vanguard gathered that some thugs who were not comfortable that a football tournament was sponsored by…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An apprentice, identified as Temitọpẹ Adeniyi, at a tailoring shop in Oke-Bola area of Ondo town, in Ondo State, has disappeared with her master’s new born baby. The lady, who was introduced to her master by her husband, also went away with her ATM card. The woman, Stella Babatunde, while narrating her…
LAGOS JANUARY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-China condemned the former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co. to death on charges of malfeasance, one of the most severe sentences to stem from President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. Lai Xiaomin, who was chairman of Huarong before he came under investigation in 2018, was sentenced to death for taking bribes…
