LAGOS JUNE 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerians who benefited from the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2018 Scholarship programme are currently facing deportation due to non-payment of their academic fees. The 200 Nigerians, who were selected out of over 4,000 applicants, were given scholarships to pursue postgraduate studies abroad, fully funded by NDDC. The commission in an elaborate…
LAGOS JUNE 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, has advised students on the need to choose responsible people as their role models. Obi gave the advice on Tuesday when he paid a visit to students of El-Shalom Convent, New Heaven, Ogbaru, Anambra State. Advising the students on the…
LAGOS APRIL 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kenyan Police have arrested 33 Nigerian immigrants for illegally staying in the country, StandardDigital has reported. The news portal in Kenya reported that the immigrants were arrested on Thursday morning in Kasarani, a residential area in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya. Also in the report, the Kasarani Officer Commanding Police…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ten students have so far been mulled down and several others severely wounded in the raging cult war rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, in Imo State. The killings carried out by rival cult groups on vengeance mission, have been going on unchecked for one week. Victims were either shot or clubbed to…
LAGOS JANUARY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Sporadic gunshots sent people scampering for safety, even as four persons were wounded and property worth hundreds of thousands of naira were destroyed at the end of the Abia State Governorship Debate in Umuahia on Tuesday. The debate held at Abia Hotels was organised by Online Media Practitioners Association of Nigeria (OMPAN),…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife on Monday expressed their reservations against the planned visit of the Nigerian Vice -president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo into the campus to attend the 43rd combined convocation of the university holding next week. The students, through their representative, Gbenga Ololoniran, who is the Protem Chairman, Students’…
LAGOS NOVEMBVER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A hooded gunman dressed entirely in black opened fire on a crowd at a country dance bar holding a weekly “college night” in Southern California, killing 12 people and sending hundreds fleeing including some who used bar stools to break windows and escape, authorities said Thursday. The gunman was later found dead…
LAGOS JULY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has counselled students of secondary and tertiary institutions to shun the craze for celebration of birthdays and similar social events now and concentrate on their studies. He gave this advice during his interaction with the students of Holy Rosary College, Nsugbe – one…