LAGOS JANUARY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-In just about 40 days to the 2023 presidential election, a group: Democratic Leadership, DL, has said the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, will score 25 per cent in over 24 states should the election be conducted free and fair. This was as they described Peter Obi as the most democratic,…
LAGOS DECEMBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria’s leading commercial bank, Sterling Bank PLC, has set a new milestone by winning the Overall Best Place to Work title for the fifth consecutive year at the annual Great Place to Work awards held in Lagos recently. The award recognises the best Nigerian firms to work for, with Sterling receiving first…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has announced the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) as the best performing agency of government in the area of complaints resolution for the Month of August 2022 making it the fourth time in this year that the Service has been recognized as the best performing agency…
LAGOS AUGUST 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deputy President William Ruto has been declared the winner of Kenya’s presidential election amid dramatic scenes. He narrowly beat his rival, Raila Odinga, taking 50.5% of the vote, according to the official results. The announcement was delayed amid scuffles and allegations of vote-rigging by Mr Odinga’s campaign. Four of the seven members…
LAGOS JULY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Weightlifter Adijat Olarinoye on Saturday won Nigeria’s first gold medal at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 23-year-old made a new Commonwealth Games record with a total of 203kg. Olarinoye’s effort puts Nigeria on ninth on the medals table which Australia leads with 13 gold, eight silver and 11 bronze. New…
LAGOS JULY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Sadio Mane was crowned African Player of the Year in Rabat on Thursday for the second time. The Senegal forward first won the honour in 2019 while he was at Liverpool. The 30-year-old left the Premier League club last month after signing a three-year deal with Bayern Munich. “I am really honoured…
LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the…
LAGOS JULY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and Country Chair, Shell Companies in Nigeria (SCiN), Mr. Osagie Okunbor, has been named the sole recipient of the H. E. Dr Alirio Parra Lifetime Achievement Award in Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry for 2022. Named in honour of the late Venezuelan Minister of Petroleum and…