LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven youths were reported to have died in an auto-crash that happened in the early hours of yesterday along the Lekki-Epe Expressway. The Lagos Sector Commander of FRSC, Corps Commander Olusegun Ogungbemide said in a statement in Lagos that the auto crash, which occurred on the Lekki – Epe Expressway at Shapati…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) commends the re-appointment of Mrs. Amina Mohammed as the United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for the second term of five years. The Group in a statement signed by Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), the Executive Director, CISLAC made available to NewsRangers said while they are applauding the…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-More than four months after Nigeria recorded its case of COVID-19, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, has displaced Lagos as the leading city with the highest number of cases in the country. In the last three days, the FCT has consistently maintained the lead. Last Saturday, the nation’s capital recorded 130,…
http://ift.tt/2u6SRB8 John Fashanu LAGOS JULY 29TH (NEWRANGERS)-John Fashanu was left in a Nigerian jail pen with 200 others after being held over an alleged dodgy land deal, police have revealed. The former Wimbledon and England star spent two days locked up as officers investigated claims he acted as a fixer in a scam to sell…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has threatened to resign from the position, if he is asked to compromise. Bawa said this when he featured in a NTA interview programme One-on-One on Friday. His words were posted in a statement on the EFCC’s official Twitter handle. Bawa…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 24,000 Nigerians were declared missing by their families, according to International Committee of the Red Cross ( ICRC ) data. María Toscano, an ICRC Protection of Family Links Team Leader, who made this known at a media workshop in Maiduguri, said the international body was still on their trail….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The federal government of Nigeria has concluded plans to slash the levy to be paid on imported cars from 35 percent to five percent, according to a new bill to be presented to the national assembly. The bill which will come as a welcome development to Nigerians who have been financially impacted…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Filipino villager has been nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition he said he would devote to pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea. On Friday, over a hundred people watched on as…