LAGOS OCTOBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Catholic Church says it plans to pray against insecurity and other challenges confronting the nation between Oct.7 and Oct, 10. The Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria (CCRN) from the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos said this on Friday during a news conference. The Assistant Chairman of the conference planning committee, Mr Uche Anyway,…
LAGOS OCTOBER 6H (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari said on Friday that a wave of deadly violence against Nigerians and other foreign nationals in South Africa last month was an embarrassment to the continent. In September, rioting and attacks on foreigners led to at least 10 deaths, dozens of injuries and hundreds of arrests, triggering anger…
LAGOS OCTOBER 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has accused successive administrations of ‘systematic destruction of national policies’. Speaking at the third annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) in Lagos on Friday, Kukah, a popular crusading cleric, declared that the systematic destruction of policies by Nigerian leaders…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A full three years before the next elections, Nigeria’s president Muhammadu Buhari has been forced to deny reports that he will be seeking a third term in 2023. The conspicuous early denial is a measure of just how intense politicking is expected be in Africa’s most populous country ahead of its next…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-As Nigeria celebrates 59th Independence Day anniversary, an indigenous company has said that it is intensifying efforts to begin assembling solar-powered cars by 2020. Mr Moses Onaja, Chief Executive Officer, Sun Energy Community Development Initiative, made the disclosure on Tuesday during an exhibition of solar products in Ibadan. The News Agency of…
LAGOS OCTOBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that no government exists without securing the lives and properties of the citizens. Mr. Obi stated this on Tuesday while speaking at The Platform, a programme by the Covenant Christian Centre, Lagos, to mark…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)- – Dozens of baskets brimming with newly-picked tomatoes gently rot in the sticky heat, becoming the latest casualty in a bout of trade tension between Benin and Nigeria. On August 19, President Muhammadu Buhari unexpectedly closed Nigeria’s borders to goods trade with Benin and Niger, declaring the time had come to…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A British judge on Thursday gave Nigeria permission to seek to overturn a ruling that would have allowed a private firm to try to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the West African country. Process & Industrial Developments, a firm set up to carry out a gas project with Nigeria,…
