LAGOS JUNE 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Navy (NN) has today launched a new Landing Ship Tank (LST) at Damen Shipyard, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. A Landing Ship Tank is the naval designation for ships first developed during World War II (1939–1945) to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto shore…
LAGOS MARCH 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)- Assets and funds worth more than $400m stolen from Nigeria are kept in the United Arab Emirate, (UAE) by crooks, the country’s leading anti-corruption group said on Tuesday. The Human and Environmental Development Agenda, (HEDA Resource Centre) corroborated by foreign anti-corruption experts said during an international conference held in Abuja that…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The United Arab Emirate, UAE, says passengers from Nigeria can no longer travel through other countries or airports to Dubai. This was made known in a notice by Dubai Airports, the operators of Dubai International Airport. The regulations restricted Nigerian passengers from transiting through other airports. The move comes as the United…
LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In the mid hours of yesterday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Kenya (DCIK) took to their official twitter page to announce that, they arrested a Foreigner who was traveling to Dubai, United Arabs Emirates from Nigeria. According to what was made public, the department confiscated over Ksh 100 million from the Nigerian….
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was billed as one of the greatest title bouts in UFC history. It pitted two unbeaten and largely unchallenged middleweight fighters against each other. In the end, though, it was no contest. Israel Adesanya made short work of Paulo Costa, making a superstar turn as he knocked the unbeaten Brazilian out…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Norwegian far-Right politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde made the nomination following a “historic peace agreement” between the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The leader also praised Mr Trump for resolving other protracted conflicts worldwide and said he has made “tremendous efforts” in brokering peace. “For his merit, I think he has done more trying…
LAGOS DECEMBER 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has made good his threat to institute a N2.5bn libel against a Presidential aide, Mrs Lauretta Onochie over an alleged libellous publication. He was at the Registry of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama where he formally deposed to his own witness statement…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja on Friday to participate in the 5th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. The President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He noted that apart from the Nigerian leader, the one-day…
