LAGOS DECEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Thursday collapsed at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja and was rushed to the hospital. SaharaReporters learnt that Akpabio slumped while seeing President Bola Tinubu off. Tinubu and other dignitaries had gathered at the Congress Hall of the hotel for a colloquium to mark the 61st birthday…
LAGOS DECEMBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Federal High Court sitting in Dawaki, Abuja, on Monday, convicted four Boko Haram financiers. The convicts are Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed and Bunu Kame. A statement by the Special Assistant on Communication and Publicity to the Attorney-General of the Federation, Kamarudeen Ogundele, said the prosecution, led by the AGF…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A major accident was averted on Sunday after a Boeing 737 aircraft with the registration number: 5N-BYQ belonging to Aero Contractors nose-stucked after landing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. The serious incident occured at about 10:47am after the plane, which departed the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos in the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Nimet) has given reasons for the continuous rainfalls at this time of the year in the country. Nimet through its Central Forecast Office (CFO), which was signed by Prof. Mansur Matazu, its Director-General, attributed the rainfalls to an opening that linked mid-latitude trough with the thermal-lows over West-Africa….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday grounded activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International in Abuja. The move is part of actions by the unions following an attack on the president of the NLC Joe Ajaero in Imo State. . But what started as…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Canada is investigating an explosion at its embassy in Nigeria that killed two people, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Monday, as Ottawa joined Washington and London in issuing a warning against nonessential travel to the West African nation. “We can confirm there was an explosion at our High Commission in Nigeria….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Fire gutted a section of the Canadian High Commission in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja on Monday. Two persons reportedly lost their lives in the tragedy while others sustained injuries. Thick, dark smokes were seen spiraling into the skies from the tall, white diplomatic building located on the diplomatic drive in…
By Yushau Shuaib LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-“Ladies and Gentlemen. This is your Captain speaking. We regret to announce that because of a technical problem, we have to return to Paris for safety and security.”_ That was the announcement made by the Captain of the Abuja-bound Air France flight on Monday, October 23, 2023, that had…
