LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Billionaire lottery businessman and chairman of Premier Lotto, Sir Kessington Adebutu, is bereaved as he has lost one of his wives, Rosemary Dacosta Kesington-Adebutu. Mrs. Adebutu died on January 9 after a brief illness. Details about her death are still sketchy however family sources claim she was hale and hearty until this weekend when…
LAGOS DECEMBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria nominee and Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Justice Ishaq Usman Bello, has lost the bid to become a judge at the International Criminal Court (ICC) following his uninspiring performance at the poll. President Muhammadu BuhariI had nominated Bello as Nigeria’s candidate on June 20. The results of the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Assistant News Editor with the Sun Newspapers, Comrade Christopher Oji has lost his mother, Mrs. Josephine Oji. Mama Oji died at the age of 93 on November 7 after a brief illness. Oji in a statement made available to NewsRangers, said his mother, a devout Christian, would be buried on December 30…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A study on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on the Nigerian Economy by the Copenhagen Consensus Centre in conjunction with the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) shows that the policy costs the country over $373.5 billion. The study revealed that moderate social distancing and school closures policies by Nigeria,…
LAGOS AUGUST 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Georgia teenager who lost both his parents to COVID-19 within a week is urging people to take precautions during the pandemic. Justin Hunter told Atlanta ABC affiliate WSB that he and his parents had all tested positive for the coronavirus last month. He was asymptomatic, but soon his mom and dad…
LAGOS JUNE 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The famous Oba Market in Benin City, capital of Edo State, was Monday morning gutted by fire. The fire, said to have started at midnight, affected mostly those selling wears. The Oba Market fire is the fourth in the series of markets in Benin razed by fire. First to experience such ugly…
LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Juventus striker Cristiana Ronaldo wept as Juventus lost the Copa Italia cup to Napoli. Just as many wants it, it doesn’t turn out to be so, yesterday saw the final of one of the best competition in Italy, called Copa Italia, Just so we know this is the first final since…
LAGOS APRIL 2ND(NEWSRANGERS)-Despite the establishment of Pre-Arrival Assessment Report (PAAR) and Automated System for Customs Data plus, plus (ASYCUDA++) designed to facilitate trade and block revenue loss at the ports and borders, one of the biggest challenges facing Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is lack of compliance by some importers and agents, investigation has revealed. Non-compliance,…