LAGOS SEPTEMBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Defense Department plans to send a few dozen U.S. troops to the Middle East in the coming days to be ready to help Americans flee a region bracing for a significant escalation in the simmering conflict between Israel and the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon, according to three defense officials. The U.S. forces will add…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria is set to send her first Astronaut to the moon. This was confirmed at the official signing of Memorandum of Understanding, MoU between Nigeria and a Brazilian company, Space Exploration and Research Agency, SERA in Abuja on Monday. The MoU provides Nigeria the opportunity of choosing her best candidate and send…
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reports from the ongoing African Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire highlight the presence of foreign scouts in Abidjan, keen on assessing the performance of Super Eagles’ player, Alhassan Yusuf. According to daily post, Both West Ham United from the English Premier League and RB Leipzig from the Bundesliga have dispatched…
LAGOS JULY 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Youths in Opu-Nembe (Bassambiri) community in the Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa State have driven 28 chiefs and prominent individuals into exile. At a press conference in Yengoa, the Bayelsa state, attended by some of those sent into exile and presided over some traditional chiefs under the aegis of Concerned Citizens…
LAGOS JUNE 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Renowned politician Babatunde Gbadamosi has ignited a fierce political storm with a recent statement on his verified Twitter account, claiming that undeniable evidence supporting a landslide victory for Peter Obi and the Nigeria Labour Party (NLP) in the last general elections is being presented before Election Petition Tribunals across the nation. The…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Germany signed an agreement on Friday to begin sending hundreds of Benin bronzes back to what is now Nigeria, rubber-stamping the biggest effort yet by a European country to return the looted artworks. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Culture Minister Claudia Roth signed the deal with their Nigerian counterparts in Berlin after…
LAGOS JUNE 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Refugees International has Warned against United Kingdom plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda stressing that it violates the fundamental right of people to seek asylum. The Group in a statement signed by Sarah Sheffer, Vice President for Strategic Outreach Refugees International pointed out that by neglecting its obligations, the UK risks…
LAGOS AUGUST 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho has said the secession of Yoruba Nation he has been agitating for will soon be achieved. Igboho stated this in a message sent to SaharaReporters via his spokesman, Olayomi Koiki. Koiki said the activist asked him to thank major Yoruba leaders in the country who…