LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has summoned the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Ikechukwu Dozie, over his appointment of 24 aides less than a week after assuming office. In a letter dated 25 June and signed by the Acting Director of University Education, Kareem Lateef, the minister…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRNAGERS)- The Federal Government on Monday approved a comprehensive reform of the National Youth Service Corps since its establishment in 1973, replacing military leadership with a civilian Director-General. It also restructured the one-year scheme into 11 specialised skills-based streams, redesigned the orientation camp programme and uniform, and directed the amendment of the…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The death toll from Venezuela’s twin earthquakes has risen to at least 1,450 as rescue workers struggle to save lives after a critical window for locating survivors closed. National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez shared the updated death toll on Sunday, saying at least 3,150 people were injured in the back-to-back magnitude 7.2…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Paraguay president Santiago Pena has declared a national holiday after the national football team caused a massive World Cup upset by beating Germany in the last-32. The South Americans, who sneaked through to the knockouts after finishing as a best-placed third-place team, confined the Germans to their first-ever defeat in a…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded the name of Peter Obi onto its portal as the presidential candidate for the Nigeria Democratic Congress, despite a recent court ruling that deregistered the political party. The development follows a judgment by Justice Isa H. Dashen of the Federal High Court in Lokoja,…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Coalition for Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) has called for prompt and thorough investigated through the appropriate constitutional channels of any alleged judicial misconducts. The Group in a statement signed by Prince Rwang Pam Jnr. National Chairman Coalition for Protection of Democracy (COPDEM) said it has observed with concern the recent judicial proceedings…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eleven people have died after a civilian aircraft carrying skydivers crashed in the town of Tomblaine in eastern France, local officials said. The pilot and all 10 passengers were killed, including five instructors and five people who were preparing to skydive for the first time. The plane, which was being used…
LAGOS JUNE 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Daniel Nanle, a resident of Kawel community in Mushere District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, has recounted how his younger sister was killed by gunmen during an attack on a Primary Health Centre in the area on Sunday night. Our correspondent recalls that gunmen attacked the community, while residents…