LAGOS DECEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The presidential candidate of Nigeria’s ruling party will double the number of police officers and ramp up the size of the military in the West African country if he wins the election in February, he and his team said at an event in London. “To prosper at home in peace and stability,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States embassy has denied the Presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Visa to travel to the US for planned engagement, a Federal Lawmaker confided in Pointblanknews.com. Pointblanknews.com learnt that the trip was meant to accommodate a political engagement but more importantly, to seek medical attention…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday said he met with His Royal Majesty, King Charles III in Buckingham Palace to foster Nigeria’s bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom. In an interview after the meeting 73-year-old monarch, Buhari said King Charles III asked him whether he has a house in the UK or…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Department of State Services (DSS) has reacted to alert raised by the United States and United Kingdom on terrorists attack on the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, Recall that the United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at…
LAGOS OCTOBER 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States and Britain on Sunday warned of a possible terrorist attack in Nigeria’s federal capital Abuja, especially aimed at government buildings, places of worship and schools, among other targets. Nigeria is fighting an Islamist insurgency mainly in the northeast, but in July the Islamic State claimed responsibility for a raid…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A passenger jet flying from Turkey to the UK was intercepted by fighter jets shortly before it was due to land on Wednesday following an alleged security threat. The flight, LS922, from Dalaman in Turkey to Manchester Airport, operated by regional airline Jet2, was diverted to land at London Stansted Airport, around…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian medical doctors and their counterparts from developing countries working in the United Kingdom have lamented exploitation in the course of their work. This was revealed by BBC on Tuesday adding that an investigation proved that Nigerian doctors recruited by a British healthcare company are expected to work in private hospitals under…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than 38 Nigerians deported from the United Kingdom, in the early hours on Thursday, arrived in Lagos. According to authorities in Nigeria, the deportees, who are mainly mothers and grandmothers, arrived the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja. They arrived in Lagos early this morning with one Home Office charter flight….