LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Nigerian off-grid energy investment company, All On, has announced financial close with three firms for accelerated access to affordable and sustainable energy sources in the Niger Delta. Chief Executive Officer of All On, Dr. Boer Wiebe, announced a follow up to the equity investment made in 2017 to Nigeria Solar Home…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Bayelsa state yesterday said it will embark on measles vaccination campaign starting from 1st to 13th 2018. The commissioner for health Proffessor Ebitimitula Etebu in the company of his Education and information counterparts made this known in Yenagoa during a press conference.They also used the opportunity to lift the…
By Amos Okioma LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Governor Udom Emmanuel is fast changing the narrative of the state from a civil service orientation to an industrialized economy by blazing the trail in capital investments and diversification of the economy. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Charles Udoh stated this recently in Uyo, while playing host…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 16TH (NEWSRANGRS)-The Nigerian Army Thursday said it has placed a N3-million reward on information that could lead to the arrest of ‘fugitive’ Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau. Shekau, the army said, is on the run, disguised as a woman after his Sambisa hideout was bombarded by the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole. “The…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The fire out which occurred at the early hours of Monday at the on the fourth floor of the new building of the Senate wing in the National Assembly has disrupted the plenary session of the Red Chamber. The incident, which eyewitnesses said occurred at about 7:00am, was immediately put out by…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Residents of No. 6, Soyinka Street, Bariga in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State yesterday woke up to the tragedy caused by a midnight fire, which burnt a five-month old infant beyond recognition, left two other children in critical condition, and destroyed property worth millions of naira. The fire, which begun…
LAGOS FEBRURY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party says the counsel by the All Progressives Congress National leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo and military dictator, Gen Ibrahim Babangida (retd.) should quit politics and join the retiree’s club, best suits President Muhammadu Buhari. The party said Tinubu’s stance completely vindicates the position of…
By Kevin Bloom LAGOS FEBRUARY 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In March 2009, less than two months before Jacob Zuma assumed office as the fourth President of post-apartheid South Africa, the Dalai Lama’s visa application to enter the country was denied. The Tibetan spiritual leader had been scheduled to attend a peace conference in Johannesburg, on the invitation of…