LAGOS MAY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Abdulkadir Shehu, a journalist with Progress FM, a private radio station in Gombe, said he returned the $3,000 dollars he found along the road to its owner, because it would be wrong for him to claim it. Shehu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Monday, that as at the…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Six Ugandan soldiers were handed prison sentences of up to three months by a military court on Thursday for taking part in the brutal beating of local journalists covering the country’s opposition leader. The seven injured journalists were covering an effort by opposition leader Bobi Wine to file a petition on Wednesday…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Harzoyka Resturant located in Ikeja, GRA, Lagos was reported to have prevented a female Nigerian journalist and producer of CNN Africa, Aisha Salaudeen and her female colleague from eating inside the restaurant because they were not accompanied by men. has called out a restaurant in the Ikeja area of Lagos for allegedly…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Army colonel Assimi Goita on Wednesday introduced himself as Mali’s new military strongman a day after a coup that was condemned by the international community but won support from the country’s opposition. The African Union, European Union, the United States and the UN Security Council have all demanded the junta free President…
LAGOS JULY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Publisher and Editor-In-Chief of South South International magazine and former President of the League of Maritime Editors and Publishers as well as former Publicity Secretary of Association of Communication Scholars and Professionals of Nigeria, Ovie Edomi has cried to the Governor of Lagos State and his Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20 dare-devil robbers invaded Jamade Street, Opposite Goshen land, a sub-community of Apete in Ido Local Government of Oyo State early Thursday morning inflicting deep matchete cut wounds on no fewer than six persons and carted away valuable properties. Sources in the communities stated that the robbers arrived around…
By Okioma Amos LAGOS MAY 9TH, (NEWSRANGERS)-The family of Bayelsa journalist, Samuel Ese, who works with the Business Day Newspapers on Wednesday escaped death as storm with strong winds blew off the roof of his house and submerged one side of the building. The incident occurred at the outskirts of Yenagoa at Banga Camp along…
LAGOS MAY 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A seasoned journalist in Sokoto State and Editor of Newsdiaryonline, Abdallah El-Kurebe, has tested positive for Coronavirus. PRNigeria learnt that the prolific Editor contacted the deadly virus from a fellow journalist who had tested positive for COVID-19. The journalist, who is now late, died at a Sokoto Hospital, two days after he…