http://ift.tt/2AXdeFo Mourners Pay Respects To 26 Nigerian Women Who Died At Sea Photo credit Reuters LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A mass funeral was held on Friday in Salerno, Italy for 26 young Nigerian women who drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. A simple ceremony was held in the city with 26 wooden coffins with…
http://ift.tt/2irRdqC (L-R) Emmanuel Kazeem, Oluwaseunara Osanyinbi, Oluwamuyiwa Olawoye, Lateef Animawun, Oluwatobi Dehinbo, 2015 (Jackson County Sheriff’s Office) LAGOS NOVEMBER 18H (NEWSRANGERS)-According to the US Attorney’s office for Oregon, a Nigerian man, Michael Oluwasegun Kazeem, 24, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for his role in the bilking of over $11 million via…
http://ift.tt/2zdZGIo SenatorLafiagi’s country home on fire LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The country home of Senator Sha’aba Lafiagi of Kwara North Senatorial district has been burnt down by a local mob in his hometown after soldiers accompanying him on the eve of the Local government elections in the state shot four people. Eyewitnesses told Saharareporters that several…
http://ift.tt/2yUeyri Segun Awolowo LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Director-General of Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo has blamed the inaccurate export statistics in Nigeria on extortion by officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other personnel saddled with the responsibilities of exports management. He said while other countries where Nigeria export items…
http://ift.tt/2mCFBpt LAGOS NOVEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A house wife on November 2ND, 2017 escaped being lynched by an angry mob for alleged lesbianism at the Badore, Ajah area of Lagos State, while another was beaten to coma. One of the women who was beaten to coma was rescued by a local vigillance group who spirited her away…
http://ift.tt/2A7Bis5 LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former President Goodluck Jonathan; Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa; his Ekiti counterpart, Governor Ayodele Fayose; and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers have stormed Anambra State for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grand finale campaign rally in Onitsha. Jonathan led the Governors, including Abia, Ebonyi, Taraba, Gombe and Deputy Governor of…
http://ift.tt/2A7SOMS Jesse Jackson LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. revealed in a statement Friday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 76-year-old civil rights leader said he had found it difficult to perform routine tasks and after a battery of tests was diagnosed by his physicians with Parkinson’s, a disease that…
http://ift.tt/2A9Dnnx LAGOS NOVEMBER 17TH (NEWRANGERS)-A civil rights organisation, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) on Friday expressed pessimism over voters apathy, towards the Anambra State governorship election, saying there may be a reduction in the number of voters. The pessimism is coming less than 24 hours to the election which, observers believe, will be a determining factor…