LAGOS APRIL 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Benue State Governor Hyacinth Alia has appointed renowned music star 2Face Idibia as Technical Adviser on Entertainment and Community Outreach. The award-winning artist hails from Okpokwu Local Government Area in the Benue South Senatorial District. His appointment is seen as part of the government’s effort to strengthen engagement with the creative industry…
LAGOS MAY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-On Monday, Liberian President, Joseph Boakai, appointed Major General Charles Johnson (retd.), as the Director of the National Security Agency, pending confirmation by the Liberian Senate His appointment is coming months after his resignation as Minister of National Defence. Before that, he led the Armed Forces of Liberia as its Chief of…
LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cambridge University College has announced Nigerian Professor Ijeoma Ukaegbu ( PhD Pharmacy) as its next president. Professor Uchegbu is currently a professor of pharmaceutical neuroscience at University College London (UCL). She was raised in South East Nigeria and Hackney. She completed her pharmacy studies at the University of Benin in 1981 before attending…
LAGOS OCTOBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has congratulated Mr. Olufemi Oladapo Soneye over his appointment as Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCCO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). The association also congratulates its pioneer president, Dr. Malachy Agbo, who was recently sworn in by the Governor of Enugu State, Mr….
LAGOS APRIL 13TH (NEWSRANGERS0-A seasoned journalist, Chris Anucha, has been appointed the Daily Editor of Imo State-owned Newspaper, The Statesman. He replaces the Acting Editor, Peter Uwa. His appointment, which took effect from March 1, 2021, is part of the efforts by the management to rebrand and reposition The Statesman to compete favourably with other tabloids in the…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba has been unanimously appointed as the new Council Chairman of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos, thirty years after he left the position. The appointment was announced on Tuesday after meeting by the governing council of the Institute held at its chamber,…