LAGOS APRIL 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An inmate killed his wife as she visited him in a prison in eastern Germany, prosecutors said on Friday. The Thursday incident occurred at the Burg prison in Magdeburg, west of Berlin. The 37-year-old prisoner was reportedly alone with his 35-year-old wife in a room set up for visitors of long-term inmates….
LAGOS MARCH 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Rivers State Government has dismissed as false and malicious social media reports claiming that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and a delegation from the Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) visited Governor Siminalayi Fubara last Sunday. The government described the reports as fake news aimed at inciting chaos and lawlessness in the state….
LAGOS JANUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Lagos lawyer and human right activist, Chief (Barr.) Malcolm Omirhobo has stated that former Presidential candidate of Labour Party in 2023 general election, Peter Obi visit to former Military President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) is a minus. Recall that Peter Obi on Thursday visited a former Head of State Ibrahim…
LAGOS AUGUST 27TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a visit to China next week to discuss cooperation on the economy, agriculture and satellite technology, a Nigerian government spokesperson said on Tuesday. Tinubu, who has set in motion deep reforms in Africa’s largest economy, will be in Beijing along with…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, will pay her first official visit to Pakistan from 28 July to 2 August 2024 on the invitation of the Government of Pakistan. During her five-day visit, Secretary-General Scotland will meet with Pakistan’s leadership, members of the cabinet, youth leaders, civil society representatives…
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan to Nigeria next month. A statement signed by Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier Tukur Gusau sighted by NewsRangers disclosed the Defence Headquarters ( DHQ) expressed its honour and delight for the acceptance of the…
LAGOS JANUARY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Dangote Group, controlled by billionaire Aliko Dangote, slammed a visit to its Lagos offices last week by Nigeria’s anti-graft commission and said the move was aimed at causing embarrassment. “No accusations of wrong doing” have been made against the company, it said in a statement released over the weekend after the Jan….
LAGOS OCTOBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Joe Biden vowed to show the world that the U.S. stands in solidarity with Israelis during his visit there Wednesday, and offered an assessment that the deadly explosion at a Gaza Strip hospital apparently was not carried out by the Israeli military. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though…