LAGOS JANUARY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia State, Prof Uchenna Ikonne is dead. His death was announced in a statement on Wednesday by his son, Dr Uche-Ikonne Chikezie. According to the younger Ikonne, the PDP governorship candidate died around 4am today, January 25, 2023 after a brief illness….
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said it had issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of a fixed penalty. No 10 said Mr Sunak “fully accepts this was a mistake…
LAGOS JANUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the presidential candidates of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP and the Labour Party, LP, Rabiu Kwankwaso and Peter Obi, respectively are expected to speak at the Chatham House research event billed for next week. The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in…
LAGOS JANUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The London Metropolitan Police, United Kingdom, has said it is probing a 71-year-old man who was arrested at Heathrow Airport on Sunday on suspicion of rape This is as controversy surrounded the arrest of the founder of DAAR Communications Plc, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, who was delayed by the Met Police at Heathrow…
LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria has been listed among African countries whose citizens can now apply for qualified teacher status through the Teaching Regulation Agency in the United Kingdom, from February 2023. Other countries to benefit include Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Singapore, South Africa, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. A publication early December on the UK Government’s…
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 SEPTEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The British Embassy in Harare on Thursday said a letter purportedly sent by Buckingham Palace denying President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe access to attend the Queen’s funeral is fake. The embassy made this known through its Twitter handle saying, “President Mnangagwa has been invited to attend the funeral of Her Majesty Queen…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-King Charles III has pledged his “lifelong service” to the United Kingdom as he addressed the nation for the first time as monarch. Paying tribute to the Queen, he said: “Throughout her life, Her Majesty The Queen – my beloved mother – was an inspiration and example to me and to all…