LAGOS SEPTEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced October 6 and 7, 2021 as dates for its fifth annual conference. A statement signed by Olumide Iyanda, GOCOP publicity secretary, said the theme of the conference is “COVID-19 Pandemic: Recovery and Reconstruction in Nigeria”. It stated that the choice of the topic…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ramon Abbas – known to his 2.5 million Instagram followers as Hushpuppi – is considered by the FBI to be one of the world’s most high-profile fraudsters and faces a prison sentence of up to 20 years in the US after pleading guilty to money laundering. The BBC has used newly available…
LAGOS SEPTEMBE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho scored twice as Nigeria beat Liberia 2-0 in Lagos on Friday to go top of an African World Cup qualifying group. He struck after 21 and 45 minutes for a nation that has competed at six of the last seven World Cup tournaments, without ever getting past…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lone occupant of a car lost his life on Monday, August 23, when he lost control of his car, causing the vehicle to crash into a streetlight pole before it eventually somersaulted on the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State. The incident occurred around 10:20 a.m. at Ologolo inward Agungi on the…
LAGOS AUGUST 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was a display of class, culture and fashion on Sunday as family, friends and well-wishers thronged out in their numbers to celebrate with the families of Veteran Online Journalist and Publisher of NewsRangers, Mr Samson Oghenekevwe Laba from Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State and Late DCP Christopher Omoruyi…
LAGOS AUGUST 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State House of Assembly has cut the pension of former governors of the state by 50 per cent. The decision was taken after the adoption of a report by the House committee on establishment which gave the recommendation, according to a statement on Thursday by the chief press secretary to the…
LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has suggested the collection of three-month rent by landlords and property owners as against the collection of three years rent which he said made housing unaffordable for Nigerians in urban centres. The minister made this known on Thursday at the weekly State House Briefing…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 30 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission during a raid on Parktonian Hotel in the Lekki area of Lagos State. During the raid on Tuesday, the operatives were alleged to have gained entry into the occupants’ rooms by seizing the master cards…