LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says investigations suggest the man who stabbed his fellow pilot and tried to take over a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination”. The Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two hours into its journey on Wednesday, before passengers and crew overpowered…
LAGOS OCTOBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A mosque in London is under investigation by the charities watchdog after a preacher encouraged husbands to beat their wives. Yasin Munye, an Islamic scholar at Hackney Islamic Community Centre, urged men to “discipline” their wives if they disobeyed them, footage posted on the mosque’s YouTube channel showed. The National Secular Society…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has condemned the reported arrest of members of the Obidient Movement in Akwa Ibom State. This was as he stated that Nigeria’s independence means little if citizens cannot freely express themselves within the law. Obi said this in a statement posted…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerians to reject politicians promising to restore petrol subsidy, saying such a move would reverse the economic reforms of his administration. Tinubu made the call on Thursday in his Independence Day address to Nigerians, as the country marked its 66th anniversary of independence. The president said Nigeria…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Floodwater that submerged a mining pit in Nahuta Village, Gwana District, Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has killed nine miners, Channels Television has gathered. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Thursday. According to him, the incident occurred on Sunday, September…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-MR. JEROME USHAKANG, a journalist and member of the Congress of Nigerian Maritime Media Practitioners (CONMMEP), has been declared missing. Mr. Ushakang, a native of Obudu, Cross River State, resides at Road 2, House 25, Unity Estate, Omu-Arire, Mowe-Ofada Road, Obafemi-Owode LGA, Ogun State. He has not been seen for over…
By Valentine Obienyem LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Mr. Peter Obi’s strongest political asset is not simply that he is from Anambra or that he is Igbo. His greatest political capital is the rightful perception – shared by millions of Nigerians – that he possesses an unusually clean record of personal integrity, financial prudence and responsible…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)– National Hospital Abuja has commended Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited and its joint venture partners for their sustained support for cancer care in Nigeria, describing the venture partners’ intervention as transformative in restoring access to life-saving radiotherapy services for thousands of patients across Nigeria and the wider West African sub-region….
