LAGOS MARCH 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Berlin is planning to hand back its Benin Bronzes to Nigeria, piling pressure on the British Museum to return its own world-class holdings. Germany is moving towards full restitution of its looted treasures, a foreign ministry official revealed yesterday. Hundreds of bronzes from the ancient Kingdom of Benin, located in modern-day Nigeria…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Petroleum Tanker Drivers and other articulated heavy vehicles have blocked the Lagos-Benin highway over the killing of two drivers by the terrorist Fulani herdsmen last night. The robbers were said to have made away with an undisclosed amount of money from their victims. The drivers who angrily blocked the ever-busy Lagos-Benin Expressway…
LAGOS MARCH 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-EDO State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki at the weekend maintained that he has no personal grudges against his predecessor and former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, but only dislikes his style of politics. Obaseki disclosed this to journalists in Auchi, Etsako-West Local Government Area of the state,…
LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, was on Tuesday cleared by the authorities of the University of Ibadan of alleged forgery of his degree certificate brought against him by the All Progressives Congress. But hearing in the matter continues today (Wednesday) at a Federal High Court in Abuja. The degree certificate was…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Aide-de-Camp to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, collapsed during the governor’s second-term inauguration at the Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, the state capital. The incident happened around 12 noon while the governor gave an appreciation speech after the Oath of Office was administered by the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Eager to mobilise enough supporters to cheer the Super Eagles to victory in their 2021 AFCON qualifier against the Leone Stars of Sierra Leone in Benin City, Governor Godwin Obaseki has decided to throw all gates leading to the main bowl of Samuel Ogbemudia stadium open. The game, which is the first…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-163 out of the 1,993 inmates who escaped from prison during a jailbreak occasioned by the #EndSARS protest in Edo State have been rearrested. This is just as the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, has given a two-day ultimatum to the remaining 1,818 inmates still at large to return to the facilities or face…
LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on the news of the planned return of schools to the church. Reacting via his Twitter handle on Wednesday, Obi wrote: “I read with happiness, news of the planned…