LAGOS JUNE 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hundred of passengers on Abuja/Kaduna train are currently stranded in Dutse, Kaduna, as the train developed faults few minutes into the journey. Five minutes after the train departed the Rigasa Station in Kaduna, it developed a mechanical fault. Twice, the train stopped before getting to Dutse, where it finally broke down. Midat…
LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States, United Kingdom, and Canada have broken their silence on the planned #EndBadGovernance protest scheduled to hold across Nigeria from August 1 to 10, 2024. In separate travel advisories, the three countries over the weekend issued security alerts to their nationals in Nigeria, warning of potential violence during the proposed…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Anambra Governor and presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has denied reports that he is aspiring for the 2027 presidential election from 2023. In a statement on his Twitter handle, Obi said the reports are “bogus” and that he has never granted any interview or press remarks to…
LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The National President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF), Yerima Shettima, has said that the majority of the 19 northern governors are not with the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, insisting that he has evidence to back his claim and will expose the governors involved…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has advised the Federal Government to have a rethink on its directive on cryptocurrency transactions in the country. This advice, which was contained in a statement on Saturday, was in reaction to the directive of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to banks and other financial institutions…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, Illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port, Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based…
LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arise TV anchor, Rufai Oseni has recieved a death threat from an anonymous group recently. This was made known on Arise TV ‘The Morning Show’ by Rufai’s colleugue, Ojy Okpe on the ‘Whats Trending’ part of the morning show. Reading straight from a displayed post made by a “Anonymous Collective” page on…
LAGOS JULY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An alleged mentally unstable man has been beaten to a pulp by residents of Mowe in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State for allegedly being in possession of a huge sum of money and three phones. It was gathered that the suspect, who stays under the bridge in the…