LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Concerned Youth Empowerment Association of Nigeria says rice dealers were taking undue advantage of the closure of Nigerian borders by exploiting ordinary citizens. The President of the Association, Noble Adaelu, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday. Adaelu said that the closure has started…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It looks like a fairy tale from a fiction book, or a folklore, told by a talented storyteller. It is the story of an Abuja beggar, Fatima Adamu, and an itinerant labourer, Usher Titus. Ordinarily, it sounds too good to be true, but it is real! It began on a cloudy afternoon…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have struck again in Kuje suburbs of Abuja, killing one person and abducting a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer, along with his two children. The attack happened at Dafara community whose District Head, Makeri Joseph, told newsmen in Kuje on Thursday, October 10th…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Array of experts in various fields of endeavor to be unveiled in the days ahead are expected to brainstorm on how to tackle Nigeria’s problem in the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture holding on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. News Express Publisher,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hopes to sign a military technical cooperation deal with Russia at talks with President Vladimir Putin this month that will help it fight Boko Haram militants, Nigeria’s ambassador in Moscow said on Friday. The Nigerian leader is due to meet Putin on the sidelines of a Russia-Africa summit…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Stoke City midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo has withdrawn from the Super Eagles squad ahead of Sunday’s international friendly against Brazil at the National Stadium in Singapore, allnigeriasoccer.com reports. The Potters number eight was sighted in Lagos on Wednesday, fueling speculation that he was set to miss the friendly against the South Americans and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Uganda announced plans on Thursday for a bill that would impose the death penalty on homosexuals, saying the legislation would curb a rise in unnatural sex in the east African nation. The bill – colloquially known as “Kill the Gays” in Uganda – was nullified five years ago on a technicality and…
LAGOS OCTOBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State House of Assembly has threatened to issue a warrant of arrest on the former governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, and four others who served in his administration as commissioners. This decision followed two preliminary reports presented on Thursday by two ad-hoc committees set up by the House…
