LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Oba of Benin, HRM Ova Ewuare II, has approved the 2024 program of activities for the annual Igue festival, also known as ‘Ugie’. During this festival, funeral celebrations are not permitted in Benin. In a statement, the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr. Frank Irabor, conveyed that the monarch…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 229 personnel of the Nigeria Police Force were killed between January 2023 and October 2024, Daily Trust investigations have revealed. The officers were killed by bandits, hoodlums, gunmen, Boko Haram terrorists, cultists and armed robbers across the country. In 2023 alone, 118 police officers of various ranks were killed;…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Founder of Mountain Top University (MTU), Dr. Daniel Olukoya, says the institution “is always at the back of the poor” to ensure they had access to quality education through a scholarship scheme. Olukoya, also General Overseer of Mountain of Fire (MFM) worldwide, disclosed this at the weekend at the Federal University of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some gunmen kidnapped scores of GIGMobility bus passengers on Saturday in the Obajana area of Kogi State. SaharaReporters learnt that the GIGMobility bus was moving from Lagos State to Abuja on Saturday, when it was attacked by gunmen around Obajana heading to Lokoja. The kidnappers took all of the passengers away, but…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu recently received a special gift from French President Emmanuel Macron during his visit to France. President Macron presented Tinubu with a jersey bearing the number 10, famously worn by Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé. The gesture symbolised the strong diplomatic ties between Nigeria and France and highlighted…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Authorities in Pakistan reported Monday that armed clashes between rival Sunni and Shiite Muslim tribes in a northwestern district bordering the border with Afghanistan have resulted in at least 133 deaths within the past two weeks. The sectarian violence in Kurram in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa flared up late last…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-After roughly 65 years of operations in Nigeria, Swiss cement and other building materials’ maker, Holcim, on Sunday announced that it was set to leave the country. The company said in a brief statement that it will exit its Nigerian business through the sale of its almost 84 per cent stake in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-At least 56 people have been killed after violent clashes during a football match led to a stampede in Guinea’s second-largest city of N’Zerekore, according to the government. “Protests of dissatisfaction with refereeing decisions led to stone-throwing by supporters, resulting in fatal stampedes” at Sunday’s match, the government statement said on Monday,…