LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Christian faithful in Nigeria marked Good Friday – a prelude to the Easter celebrations – amid the lingering cash crunch and high cost of food. The day, celebrated across the globe by Christians, is earmarked to remember the death of Jesus Christ. In several churches across Nigeria, services took place while processions…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Jubilation erupted spontaneously in major towns of Umuahia and Aba on Wednesday after INEC declared Alex Otti of the Labour Party the winner of March 18 governorship election. The jubilant residents of the two cities danced round the major streets and made bonfire on roads. Fireworks of various kinds also sparkled in…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-An Iranian man was shot dead by security forces after Iran’s national team lost to the US and exited the World Cup, as anti-government demonstrations took place inside and outside the stadium in Qatar and across Iran. Mehran Samak, 27, was shot dead after honking his car horn in Bandar Anzali, a…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tragedy struck on Tuesday at the Elegushi Beach, in the Lekki area of Lagos State, after four teenagers drowned while swimming in the water. PUNCH Metro gathered that 10 secondary school leavers, aged between 14 and 15, went to swim at the beach to celebrate the completion of their West African Senior…
LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ramadan, the holy month in which Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, comes to an end the evening of Sunday, May 1. Large- and small-scale celebrations are planned to mark the occasion. Eid al-Fitr at Dome Arena For the first time since 2019, thousands of Muslims are expected to gather on May…
By Onos Awhawa LAGOS MARCH 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Hurray, today, Sunday 27th, March, 2022, is the birthday of a worthy and God’s ordained monarch, His Royal Majesty, Elder Capt King Joseph I. Timiyan JP, the Paramount Ruler, oil-rich Ogulagha Kingdom in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. As you read the piece, celebration mood adequately been…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senegal’s President Macky Sall declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first ever African Cup of Nations crown following their victory against Egypt, public television announced. Sall, who had been due to visit Comoros at the end of a trip that took in Egypt and Ethiopia, cancelled the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Jehovah’s Witness celebrated the religious group’s 100 years presence in Nigeria on Sunday since its presence in 1921. The celebratory centenary event was a three–hour programme titled, ‘History-100 Years of Courage! Jehovah’s Witness in Nigeria’. The programme featured the organisation’s early beginnings in the country from 1921 broken into segments; “1921-1946: Small…