LAGOS FEBRUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Iran‘s deputy health minister has tested positive for the new coronavirus amid a major outbreak in the country which has seen 15 people die as a result. Iraj Harirchi coughed occasionally and appeared to be sweating during a news conference in Tehran on Monday with government spokesman Ali Rabiei. In a video…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the 2023 presidency, various names have been mentioned as potential presidential candidates with Peter Obi; a former governor of Anambra State, featuring prominently in political analysis. This was based on discussions on Twitter which propelled Peter Obi to the top trends on Tuesday, February 25. Various discussants, equally important, extolled the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)- International soccer star Didier Drogba has helped his birthplace, Côte d’Ivoire, strike gold by helping to collect MOUs for a total of $15 billion in commitments to back tourism projects in the west African country. The breakthrough comes ahead of the UNWTO Forum for Africa, which will take place in Abidjan…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Anti-corruption lawyers under the aegis of Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates (COPA) on Tuesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen the case file against the Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah in the interest of justice. According to them, the allegations against…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deontay Wilder has blamed his heavyweight title defeat against Tyson Fury on the three-stone costume he wore to the ring to celebrate Black History Month. Confirming that he intends to activate his rematch clause against newly-crowned WBC heavyweight champion Fury, Wilder revealed that he had no energy left in his legs following…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Director-General, Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON), Engr. Osita Aboloma, will tomorrow in Lagos meet with maritime stakeholders on the agency’s new operational system. The event, which holds at the Rockview Hotel, Apapa, has as its theme: “Facilitating Trade Through SON Automated Services”. THE POWERFUL PEN learnt that the 10.00am sensitisation event…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, have been reported dead on Sunday from a ghastly road accident in Akwa Ibom State. It was reported that the yet-to-be identified officers died while their van was chasing a Toyota Sienna bus, suspected to be conveying rice at Urua Ita, Oron axis section…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Nigeria Head of States, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd), on Sunday, led a prayer rally against killings, Boko Haram attacks in North East region and Nigeria at large. Gowon who is also the National Chairman of ‘Nigeria Prays’, speaking during the one-day prayer rally held in Bauchi, said the prayer rally was…
