LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party (LP) and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi have been given three weeks’ ultimatum to present their petitions against the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja. The Presidential Tribunal made this known on Tuesday in a declaration made…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Minister of Transportation, Mu’azu Jaji Sambo has commended Director General/CEO of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency. NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Yusuf Jamoh, the Board of the Agency, members of the Executive Management, Top Management and Staff of the Agencyfor the completion of five state-of-the-art Enforcement Platforms that will ensure strict compliance…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven people were arrested on Tuesday in relation to incidents of racist abuse directed at Real Madrid star Vinícius Jr. this season. Spanish police said four young men had been detained for allegedly hanging an effigy of Vinícius off a bridge in Madrid in January, while three others were arrested on suspicion…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s new Dangote petroleum refinery is Africa’s biggest – it will produce 650,000 barrels a day, giving it the potential to address the country’s energy supply crisis. First product from the refinery is expected to hit the market by the end of July 2023. Owned by Nigerian industrialist and Africa’s richest man,…
LAGOS MAY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A nighttime fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana early Monday, killing at least 19 students and injuring several others at a boarding school catering to remote, mostly Indigenous villages, authorities said. “This is a horrific incident. It’s tragic. It’s painful,” President Irfaan Ali said, adding that his government was mobilizing…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Keishia Thorpe, the most recent winner of the Global Teacher Prize, highlights the integral role that Nigerian teachers play in nurturing the next generation of visionaries, as applications are now open for the $1 million Global Teacher Prize 2023. The winner of the last edition of the Global Teacher Prize was US…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Government of Osun State has clarified that Dr Folorunso Alakija remains the Chancellor of Osun State University after the dissolution of the Governing Council of the University. A clarification issued on Sunday night in a statement signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed , Spokesperson of State Government Ademola Adeleke ade available to…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, defence of his administration’s construction of a 2,000-capacity ecumenical centre in Asaba for the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) shows how little he understands the act of governance . Believe you me , with this singular act of his , I can imagine his …
