LAGOS AUGST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell yesterday (August 18) hosted chief executives of contracting companies in Lagos highlighting the need to sustain safe operations across its businesses in Nigeria. The annual Shell Leadership and Contractor CEO Conference aims to shine a light on “a shared commitment to people, performance and safety.” The theme of this year’s event…
LAGOS AUGUST 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany was forced to abandon nearly 9,000 deportations this year because state authorities lost track of migrants. The government postponed 8,826 forced returns in the first half of the year after migrants went into hiding or failed to declare their current address, figures show. The deportations were targeting rejected asylum seekers,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu will join world leaders to address the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly General Debate on Wednesday, September 23, in New York. Tinubu is scheduled to be the 10th speaker during the morning session on the second day of the high-level General Debate, which will be held…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A helicopter carrying six tourists and a pilot has crashed in Kenya‘s Samburu county, north of the capital, Nairobi, killing all those on board, authorities have said. The accident happened at 09:13 a.m. local time (0613 GMT), on Wednesday, according to the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), after the aircraft departed from…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Tinubu has joined a request by the US Department of Justice for a 10-day extension to respond to a court order over the release of records linking him to alleged drug trafficking. Von Batten-Montague-York, a Washington-based lobbying firm employed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, disclosed this in a post…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, presidential candidates Peter Obi, Dumebi Kachikwu, Omoyele Sowore and other political actors yesterday signed the first National Peace Accord ahead of the 2027 general elections. By this action, they have committed themselves to peaceful campaigns and rejected violence, hate speech and other acts capable of undermining the electoral…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians, Section 98(1) of the 2026 Electoral Act states that the presidential campaign for the January 16, 2027, presidential election will commence today, August 19, 2026, and conclude 150 days later, on January 15 2027. Therefore, in the upcoming 150 days from today, presidential candidates vying for the January 16, 2027,…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian social media influencer suspected of links to a global drug trafficking network has been arrested after the authorities seized cocaine worth nearly $28m (£21m) destined for the UK. Afolabi Kazeem Micheal was detained at an airport in Lagos last week as he prepared to board a flight to Paris, Nigeria’s…
