LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 17 people died in a stampede during rice distribution in Anambra today. Also, about 10 fatalities were recorded in Abuja where palliatives were being distributed. Eyewitnesses described the scenes as chaotic and tragic. One said at least seven of the deceased in the Abuja tragedy were children. Anambra In…
LAGOS JANUARY 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-PETER Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in 2023 general election in Nigeria, has condemned the gruesome killings of 30 persons in Mangu, Plateau State and the murder of husband and wife, who were dumped in the boot of their car in Anambra State. Obi made the condemnation in a…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two days after the United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo visited Nigeria as part of U.S. efforts to strengthen economic ties between both countries and a day after President Bola Tinubu, presently in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), advised Nigerians in abroad to return home, the U.S….
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Professor Eric Uwanduegwu Ofoedu has disclosed that a total votes of 2, 565, 629 accredited voters were not reflected in the final result of the February 25 presidential election announced by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu Mahmood. Ofoedu, who is a Professor of Mathematics at the…
LAGOS JANUARY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some unidentified assailants have mistakenly killed a gang member during an operation in Anambra State. This happened when they invaded the Mgbuka-Amanzu Road by Pillar Bread junction, on Obibuenyi Street, Okpoko, in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. Two persons were said to be killed in the process. The incident…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has ordered the posting of CP Abutu Yaro to the Edo State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the State. The IGP also ordered the posting of CP Sikiru Akande Kayode, CP Yekini Adio Ayoku and CP Mohammed Ahmed…
LAGOS MARCH 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has confirmed that the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, has not been released from detention. In an exclusive chat with our correspondent, the EFCC Spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that Obiano was transferred to Abuja on Friday morning. Obiano was arrested by the EFCC on…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The national grid, on Monday, experienced its second collapse in 2022 resulting in blackout across the country. The states affected include Lagos, Enugu, Kaduna, Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, and Imo States, among others. Confirming the development in a text message to its customers, The Eko Electricity Distribution Company, said that the system…
