LAGOS JUNE 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peter Obi Presidential Global Network (PPGN) on Thursday congratulated Mr Peter Obi for emerging as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) ahead of the 2023 presidential election. A statement by PPGN Head of Press, Asa Blessing Chijekwu, quoted Dr Michael Chukwujekwu, Global Coordinator of the group from his base…
LAGOS MAY 21ST (URHOBOTODAY)-No fewer than 7,256 trained nurses in Nigeria relocated to the United Kingdom between March 2021 and March 2022, The PUNCH has learnt. The figure is contained in information obtained from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of the United Kingdom on Thursday. The PUNCH reports that Nigeria has continued to witness an…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Damilola Olakanmi, a Nigerian law student based in East London, The United Kingdom, has died after eating the cannabis sweet she bought via a messaging app on her phone. The UK Evening Standard reported that Olakanmi, 23, immediately fell ill after taking the sweet on March 29 and had to be rushed…
LAGOS MARCH 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Boris Johnson rejected calls on Monday for Britain to ease visa demands on Ukrainian refugees fleeing conflict, saying Britain was a generous country but it needed to maintain checks on who was arriving. The United Nations estimates that more than 1.5 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia started bombarding…