LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12T (NEWSRANGERS)-A new report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has revealed the “humanitarian crisis, manifestations of corruption and mismanagement at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Idi Araba, and how unhygienic conditions, severe shortages of medicines and medical supplies in the hospital and two other Federal Government owned hospitals in…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Kaduna Market Traders Association has denied being part of the groups that purchased the 2019 governorship form of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state. The group, in a statement on Tuesday, said it does not know the identity of those who paraded themselves on their…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Brazilian government has given Yoruba a pride of place among foreign languages spoken in the country. in an exclusive interview with the Brazilian minister of culture Dr Sérgio Sá leitão at the weekend in Brazil that the government has introduced the compulsory study of African History and Yoruba language into the…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Rumors of the political figure’s alleged demise gained traction on Monday after a ‘R.I.P. Robert Mugabe’ Facebook page attracted nearly one million of ‘likes’. Those who read the ‘About’ page were given a believable account of the Zimbabwean political figure’s passing: “At about 11 a.m. ET on Monday (September 10, 2018), our…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Premium Bread Makers Association of Nigeria have warned that the price of bread may soon increase. The President of Premium Bread Makers Association of Nigeria, Mr Jemide Tosan, said this at a briefing in Lagos on Monday. He noted that the cost of producing bread has increased due to an increase…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Femi Otedola, a businessman and Chairman of Forte Oil PLC, has “accepted” the offer of a governorship ticket by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to Dele Momodu, Publisher of Ovation magazine, Otedola “personally confirmed” the news to him, meaning he will run against Akinwunmi Ambode, the incumbent Governor and candidate of…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Weeks after Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, was accused of forging her National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) discharge certificate, the Presidency has reacted to the allegation. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, says Adeosun’s alleged certificate forgery is under investigation. Shehu who appeared on AIT’s breakfast programme, Kakaaki on Monday, September 10, 2018, assured Nigerians…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Scores of people were reported to have been killed as petrol station caught fire in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Monday. An eye witness reported that the station caught fire as workers offloaded gas at the plant, adding that shops and houses were also burnt. Acording to him, the fire, which…