LAGOS JULY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven Nigerians are facing charges after prosecutors say they targeted people on dating websites and swindled them out of more than $1.5 million. Five have been arrested and two are fugitives. The U.S. attorney’s office in Atlanta said in a news release Friday that the Nigerians created fake online dating profiles with…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRAANGERS)- Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has stressed that he is not in politics for position but as a loyal party man to contribute in building a better Nigeria for the benefit of all Nigerians. Obi made the clarification while responding to media enquiries while attending the 242nd US…
LAGOS JUNE 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Stefanou Pontesilli, says no fewer than 1500 Nigerians are serving jail terms for various offences in Italy. Pontesilli who made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Abuja said the number was huge. He said: “In Italy we have about 1500 Nigerians in jail for various…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for the decision he took on June 12, saying that the primary lesson inherent in that move is that no time is long or overdue to rectify wrongs and mistakes of yesterday. Obi made the commendation on Monday while…
LAGOS MAY 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has called for attitudinal change towards education among Nigerians. He decried the subsisting situation of, in his words, “the lack of treating education with the seriousness it deserves by classifying money spent on it as expenditure rather than investment”. Making this observation on…
LAGOS MAY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain and former governorshp aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has reiterated that former Vice President and 2019 PDP President aspirant, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku is the best presidential material for Nigeria in 2019. Onuesoke who was part of Atiku ’s entourage to 10th anniversary symposium of Late Sen. Abraham Adesanya…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tunde Bakare, serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly, LRA, has warned the President Muhammadu Buhari administration about what Nigerians can do. He warned that Nigerians can shut down the government as a result of herdsmen killings, conspiracy and mismanagement by the present administration. Bakare stated this at an event organised by…
LAGOS MARCH 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday encouraged Nigerians not to give up on the country despite its present challenges. In an Easter message posted on his official Facebook page, Jonathan said he still expects Nigeria to overcome its challenges no matter what evil forces may do. “Easter is a time when…