LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Moses Itauma is determined to turn Saturday’s historic upset into a positive. Itauma suffered a shocking loss to Filip Hrgovic this weekend inside London’s O2 Arena, getting stopped in the ninth round of a fight for the vacant IBF heavyweight world title. Itauma, 21, was attempting to be boxing’s youngest heavyweight world…
LAGOS AUGUST 22ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has asked a United States court for permission to submit confidential declarations explaining why it withheld some investigative records relating to allegations of drug trafficking involving President Bola Tinubu. In an application filed on August 20 before the US District Court for the District of Columbia,…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, has officially announced the closure of the Situation Room following the conclusion of the 2026 Osun Governorship Election. Naija News reports that the Situation Room served as a central monitoring centre and oversight hub for the Osun State Governorship Election. Recall…
LAGOS AUGUST 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-With nearly 3,000 people in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State benefitted from the latest edition of the Vision First initiative of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCo) which held there last week. Some 38 patients had surgeries which restored their…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Aero Contractors flight travelling from Lagos to Abuja on Saturday morning returned to its departure airport after the crew reported a technical issue while the aircraft was airborne. The aircraft, which departed Lagos at about 7:30 a.m., had travelled part of the route mid air before the flight crew decided to…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Senate on Tuesday rescinded its earlier decision on the Electoral Act amendment in which it had rejected the mandatory electronic transmission of election results from polling units to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Result Viewing Portal (IREV) after vote counting. The upper chamber consequently re-amended the Electoral Act to accommodate…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for increased attention to mental health and elderly care across the nation. He made the call at the weekend after visiting the Seraphic Psychiatric and Elderly Home in Aguleri, Anambra State built by Evangelist Ebuka Obi. The former Anambra State Governor…
LAGOS JULY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Officials say a plane made an emergency landing on a golf course in upstate South Carolina on Thursday. The Federal Aviation Administration said a Piper PA-46 made an emergency landing on the course at the Reserve at Lake Keowee around 11:50 a.m. Old Edwards Reserve at Lake Keowee said the plane was…
