LAGOS OCTOBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has asked the Libyan Football Federation, LFF, to submit documents relating to the cancellation of the 2025 AFCON qualifying Group D fixture against Nigeria. The Super Eagles pulled out of the game which was scheduled for October 15, after their plane was diverted to Labraq Airport…
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Labour Party leader and 2023 Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has reiterated his core campaign message amid alarming reports that Nigeria now ranks among the top 20 most food-insecure countries globally. In a statement marking World Food Day, Obi expressed deep concern over the Global Hunger Index, which places Nigeria among the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed deep concern over the recent collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid, which has once again left large parts of the country in darkness. The grid reportedly failed on Monday evening at around 6:18 pm, causing widespread power outages. Investigations revealed that electricity…
LAGOS OCTOBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Faisal Makarfi, the eldest son of a former Governor of Kaduna State, Ahmed Makarfi, is dead. According to a family source, he died in a motor accident along the Kaduna-Zaria Expressway on Saturday evening. The source said that the deceased after the accident was taken to a hospital where he was confirmed…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Honourable Minister of State for Defence, His Excellency Dr. Bello Muhammed Matawalle, MON, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s unwavering commitment to defeating banditry and restoring lasting peace in the North-West. During his security engagements in Sokoto State on Friday, 11th October 2024, Dr. Matawalle witnessed the handover of critical military assets…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A consortium of investors from South Korea has concluded plans to build four 100,000-barrel capacity refineries in various locations in Nigeria, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, stated this at the maiden edition of a summit organised by the Crude Oil…
LAGOS OCTOBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Thirteen ex-fighters of the Jama’tu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JASDJ), popularly known as Boko Haram, have escaped with rifles and motorcycles given to them by the Borno State government, which co-opted them to join military operatives in the fight against the insurgents in the state. The 13 are among thousands of former…
LAGOS OCTOBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigeria must key into global financial inclusion and the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) must lead in the awareness that may help Nigeria achieve this. The charge was handed down to GOCOP by Yusuf Mamman, Nigeria’s former ambassador to Spain, chairman of the 2024 Annual General Conference of GOCOP holding…
