LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- – Caleb British International School, located in Lekki, Lagos, has secured an outstanding victory as the Overall Champions in the highly anticipated Lagos Inter-School Olympics tournament. The tournament, organized by the esteemed Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development, brought together schools from across the region to compete in various…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian lawmakers elected Godswill Akpabio as senate president after the inauguration of the new national assembly by President Bola Tinubu. Akpabio, a former minister of Niger Delta Affairs who served two terms as governor of Akwa Ibom state, beat another contender Abdulaziz Yari to emerge. He won 63 out of the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Army (NA) has been declared overall winner of the just concluded 2022 Armed Forces Inter-Service Sports Competition (AFISSC), which ended at the Defence Headquarters Sports Complex, Mogadishu Military Cantonment, Abuja on Thursday, 22 September 2022. To emerged overall champion, the NA clinched first positions in cross country, taekwondo and volleyball…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has announced the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) as the best performing agency of government in the area of complaints resolution for the Month of August 2022 making it the fourth time in this year that the Service has been recognized as the best performing agency…
LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Editor-in-Chief/Chief Operating Officer of PREMIUM TIMES Nigeria, Musikilu Mojeed, on Thursday in Abuja emerged as the President of the Nigeria chapter of the International Press Institute. He emerged as president unopposed during a session of the General Assembly of the IPI, held physically and virtually. Also at the meeting, the General…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Confederation of African Football (CAF) continued its reorganisation and reformation on Monday as the African football.ruling body announced new deputy Secretary General. Since South Africa’s Patrice Motsepe took over the rein of the body, many changes have taken place with Switzerland based Veron Mosengo-Omba emerging secretary general. The African soccer governing body…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Mrs Felicia Marinze, a 71-year-old PhD student of the University of Lagos, has emerged one of the best graduating students from the institution’s School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS). The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe announced this at a news conference on activities lined-up for the institution’s 51st convocation…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Nigerian minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has emerged the first female Director-General of the World Trade Organization. Mrs Okonjo-Iweala was confirmed DG of the trade body in a statement by the WTO on Monday. The United States government had last week announced its endorsement of Mrs Okonjo-Iweala for the top…