http://ift.tt/2B6Rgnb ueue LAGOS DECEMBER 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lingering petrol scarcity in many parts of the country grew worse on Sunday in Lagos, Abuja, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger states as many filling stations were shut. The closure of the filling stations followed threats by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria to…
http://ift.tt/2AGLfJM LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Less than few hours after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) carrier, Emirates Airlines, launched its second daily flight to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and returned to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, the airline has recorded its first causality. A source close to the airline told SaharaReporters…
http://ift.tt/2CqvIOH LAGOS DECEMBER 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The security apparatus at the Murtala Muhammed Airport (MMA), Lagos was on Tuesday once again called to question as a private jet owned by Vistajet was attacked on the runway of the airport. Information gathered by SaharaReporters revealed that the jet with the registration number 9H-VFA operated by EAN on December…
http://ift.tt/2BvkviV David Mark LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) detectives are probing former Senate President David Mark over allegedly billions stolen by him and other leaders of the National Assembly during his tenure. EFCC sources said Mr. Mark, a former military general was invited yesterday to make statements to the commission…
http://ift.tt/2oolAnw su LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS) – Israeli troops shot dead four Palestinians and wounded 150 others with live fire on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital entered a second week. Most of the casualties were on the Gaza Strip border, where thousands of…
http://ift.tt/2AI8s27 LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has maintained that the Bill for an Act for the Establishment of the Non-Governmental Organisations Regulatory Commission, proposed by the House of Representatives, to regulate Non-Governmental Organisations, is apparently orchestrated to repress the voice of the people and subjugate Civil Society groups in…
http://ift.tt/2yv0fbI LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would need the full support of its members in the South West to effectively execute its plan to regain political power in 2019, Chairman of the party’s National Reconciliation Committee (NRC) and Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson, has said. The committee was in the…
http://ift.tt/2C80VFX LAGOS DECEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Governors of the 36 states have approved the withdrawal of $1 billion from the Excess Crude Account for the ongoing fight against Boko Haram insurgents in the North-east. The decision was taken during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Edo…