LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela last month has risen to 2,645, while 12,666 people were injured, the Communication and Information Ministry said Friday. According to a ministry statement on US social media company X, so far 6,462 people have been rescued and 86,117 families assisted…
Senator, your aide, Comrade Wilson Okorugbo, has put together a passionate defense of your record. I appreciate it — it shows that the original piece hit its target perfectly. However, a passionate defense doesn’t equate to a solid rebuttal, and what your camp has provided follows a familiar script: they talk extensively about the…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has said that tackling the education crisis in Nigeria must involve a fundamental structural change, not just policy Obi wrote on his X handle on Friday that the educational crisis in Nigeria ‘Calls for Fundamental Change, Not Just…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday affirmed Sen. David Mark’s leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Justice Musa Liman, in a judgment, also dismissed the suit filed by Rep Leke Abejide challenging Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola as national chairman and national secretary of the party for lacking merit….
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five Nigerians at the Federal High Court in Abuja on alleged concealment of information on the whereabouts of a governor of Bayelsa State, Timiprey Silva. Silva, a former minister, is alleged to be the mastermind of the coup attempt against President Bola Tinubu. They…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRNAGERS)-Terrorists have demanded an extra N300 million ransom from the family of Niger State Independent Electoral Commission, NSIEC, Permanent Commissioner, Ahmed Mohammed, nine months after his abduction. This is after the family of the victim has reportedly paid N40 million to the kidnappers to secure his release. Recall that terrorists kidnapped Ahmed…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Ltd (SNEPCo) took a major step towards empowering Nigerian contractors with the launch of a $3-billion Contract Finance Facility in partnership with nine leading Nigerian banks. The facility is designed to provide credit support for local contractors executing projects for SNEPCo operations and will be…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing nine and injuring 13 others, officials said. A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage. Five monks…