LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Cholera claimed the lives of 350 people between January and September in Nigeria, according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) released on Monday. At the same point in 2023, the death toll from this disease stood at 106, representing a 239% increase over the same period….
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, has reacted to claims by the Federal Government that he inherited a bankrupt nation. In a statement released on Thursday via his verified X account, Obi said that the Federal Government’s claims were “without foundation” and that the government…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The leader of Boko Haram, the Islamist extremist group that abducted hundreds of schoolgirls in Nigeria six years ago, has claimed responsibility for the mass abduction of students in north-western Katsina state last week. In an audio tape released on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau said: “Our brothers were behind the abduction in Katsina.”…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Judges across the country are rejecting arguments made by President Donald Trump’s campaign and Republican leaders claiming voter fraud. For months, Trump’s unsubstantiated claims have formed the centerpiece of his assault on the integrity of the election. At one point he claimed in May that “there is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In…