LAGOS MARCH 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former England and Gladiators star John Fashanu is on police bail after being arrested over a land dispute. The 62-year-old, who featured for the likes of Wimbledon and Aston Villa, is accused of criminal conspiracy, threat to life, intimidation, trespass, and obtaining by false pretence in Nigeria, where he now resides. Fashanu denies…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited to ensure transparency and accountability in the operations of the newly launched Port Harcourt Refinery. After several postponements, the Port Harcourt refinery finally commenced fuel production on Tuesday. The…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos State University (LASU), is seeking cooperation and partnership with corporate bodies, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), and individual vendors as it co-hosts the highly sought All Federation of Africa University (FASU) Games. The university says the sports fiesta, which is the 11th edition, will provide ample opportunities for potential sponsors…
LAGOS AUGUST 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Poland’s foreign ministry is seeking the release of seven Poles – a group of six students and a lecturer from the University of Warsaw – who were detained amid ongoing protests in Nigeria. It has also denied reports in international media that the group were displaying Russian flags when they were detained….
LAGOS MAY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s new Dangote mega refinery near Lagos is seeking to buy millions of barrels of US crude over the next year as it ramps up processing rates, a sign of the challenges that Africa’s largest producer faces in lifting its own oil output. The plant, built by Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote,…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The North-West, South-West and South-South geo-political zones of the country may not field a presidential candidate in the 2027 general election if ongoing moves to alter relevant provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) scales through. Sunday PUNCH exclusively gathered that a bill “For an Act to alter the provisions of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is discussing as much as $1.5 billion of World Bank funding to help ease a severe dollar shortage that has contributed to the naira’s steep decline. “We’re hoping to get $1 billion or $1.5 billion from the World Bank” for budgetary support, Finance Minister Wale Edun said Wednesday in a Bloomberg…
LAGOS DECEMBER 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 20,000 refugees have fled the Republic of Cameroon to seek asylum in Taraba State, Nigeria. The refugees camping in five local government areas of Sardauna, Kurmi, Gashaka, Ussa and Takum, are appealing to federal and state governments as well as non-governmental organizations for assistance to ameliorate their sufferings. The…