LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign raised more than $81 million in the 24-hour period following President Joe Biden’s decision to step aside, the campaign said Monday. Democratic Party donors have contributed a record amount to US Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign in the 24 hours since Joe Biden exited the presidential race…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Anglican Communion of Nigeria has lost two Bishops within the last 24 hours. The deceased are Archbishop of Lagos Province, Anglican Communion and Bishop of Lagos Diocese, Most Reverend Humphrey Olumakaiye and Bishop of Ndokwa Diocese, Rev’d David Obiosa. Olumakaiye gave up the ghost at the age of 53. His death…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than eight people have been reportedly killed in the last 24 hours in a fierce rivalry between two cult confraternities, in Benin, Edo State. The incident has set the state capital boiling, with the eight confirmed deaths occurring at various locations in the city. Two of the victims were reportedly…
LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mobilization of funds in support of Peter Obi’s Presidential bid in 2023 has hit the first N1 million after the inauguration of the group in Abuja by His Excellency, Peter Obi. The group in a statement issued immediately after the contribution which is domiciled in Keystone Bank with the Account Name: PETER…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), an electricity distribution company in Lagos, says customers can get prepaid meters within 24 hours. In a statement, the company said the one-day metering initiative, which commenced on Tuesday at its Shomolu business unit for customers in Ilupeju, Oworo and Igbobi areas of Lagos state, is being done…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The House of Representatives’ Committee on Army has again urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to declare bandits terrorists to enable the Nigerian Armed Forces to fully clamp down on them. The Chairman of the committee, Abdulrazak Namdas, made the call when the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senator Clifford Ordia narrated how he survived gunmen attack twice in 24 hours along Okene-Lokoja and Lokoja-Abuja roads on Monday. Ordia, who chairs the Senate Committee on Local and Foreign Debts, told newsmen in Abuja that the gunmen opened fire on his convoy while returning to Abuja from his hometown in Edo…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The President/Chief Executive, Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, saw his total net worth drop by $900m on Friday as his flagship company emerged the biggest loser at the end of trading on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which is a ranking of the world’s 500 richest people, showed that his…