LAGOS MARCH 23RD 9NEWSRANGERS)-Following the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his family have reportedly relocated to the Bayelsa State Government House. This move comes amid escalating political tensions and power struggles in Rivers, which prompted President Bola Tinubu to take decisive action. On March 18, 2025,…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, said it intercepted a total of $578 000 falsely declared from an inbound passenger coming into Nigeria from South Africa. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, John Harrison announced this while addressing journalists at the command on Friday. He explained…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Times Journalism Alumni Association (TJAA) is pleased to announce a symposium in honour of its esteemed former Director, Mr. Ndubuisi Ugbede, as he marks his 70th birthday. The symposium, themed “TJAA Celebrating Ndubuisi Ugbede at 70,” will take place on Thursday, April 10, 2025, at the NUJ Council Secretariat, (Ladi Lawal…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Sunday and will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican, doctors treating him have said. The 88-year-old was admitted to the hospital on 14 February with a severe respiratory infection that resulted in double pneumonia. During the past five…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The electorates in Rivers State have dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over the removal of the elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, the Deputy Governor, and the entire members of the State House of Assembly. In the suit, marked FHC/CS/550/2025, filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja on March…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian conman who duped women out of almost £200,000 in “romance frauds” has avoided deportation after judges ruled his wife and children could not be properly cared for by his home country’s health system. Emmanuel Jack, 35, was jailed for three years in 2014 after he tricked six women he met…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration will revoke the temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans in the United States, according to a Federal Register notice on Friday, the latest expansion of his crackdown on immigration. The move, effective April 24, cuts short a two-year “parole” granted to the migrants…
LAGOS MARCH 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Junior Secondary School 3 student, Timothy Amosun, aged 14, has died after a rainstorm destroyed Mayigi Community Comprehensive High School in Ilase, Ogun. The Ogun government confirmed the incident on Wednesday, March 19, through a statement by Mr. Lekan Adeniran, Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Dapo Abiodun. Five other pupils, two…
