Archive for: November, 2018

Minimum Wage: Dockworkers Get Pay Rise To N150,000

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President-general of the Maritime Workers Union (MWUN), Comrade Adewale Adeyanju, at the weekend said private terminal operators at the nation’s seaports have substantially increased the wages earned by dockworkers from an average of N10,000 before the 2006 port concession to about N150,000. Adeyanju, who stated this while speaking with newsmen in Lagos, […]

Media Mogul, Oprah Winfrey Loses 83–Years-Old Mother

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Media mogul, Oprah Winfrey has lost her 83-year-old mother, Vernita Lee. Daily Mail UK reports that Lee died last Thursday during the United States Thanksgiving Day. Oprah’s niece, Alisha Hayes, was the first to announce the death on Facebook, and confirmed by representatives for the star. Alisha wrote, “My grandmother, Rest In […]

Gunmen Raid University Of Calabar Teaching Hospital Steal Three Newly-Born Babies, Valuables

LAGOS NOVEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers numbering about ten on Sunday invaded the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) and stole three newly-born babies as well as properties worth thousands of naira. The incident occurred at paediatric unit of the Hospital on Sunday night when the suspected robbers invaded the place, […]

Peter Obi: Self Sufficiency In Food Production Is Achievable In Nigeria

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The former Governor of Anambra State and the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr. Peter Obi has assured Nigerians that the country can achieve self-sufficiency in food production. Obi who gave the assurance while speaking to journalists during a seminar organised by Zero Hunger Initiative in Sokoto on […]

Cleric, Okada Rider Beheaded In Renewed Communal Clash In Cross River

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pastor of Champion Arena, Ebom in Abi local government area of Cross River State, George Lifted, and a commercial motorcyclist, have been murdered in the state. The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday along Adim in Ebom. The pastor, according to DAILY POST’s findings, was being conveyed in a […]

Buhari Counters APC Decision, Advises Aggrieved Members To Seek Redress In Court

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has countered the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) decision to restrain all aggrieved party members from seeking regress at the law court. The APC had recently forbade members from dragging the party to court, warning of dire consequences for those who failed to abide by the party directive. Special Adviser […]

It Is Not My Business To Probe Fayose — Gov. Fayemi

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has clarified his stance on the fate of the immediate past governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose. Fayemi spoke with State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Fielding questions whether he would probe his predecessor, […]

Buhari Increases Police Salary, Allowance, Faults Poor Performance

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari Monday assured that his administration will continue to give attention to the welfare and operational needs of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) with a view to restoring its lost primacy in the internal security framework of the country. Speaking during an audience in State House, Abuja with members of […]

How I Escaped Boko Haram Attack In Metele – Nigerian Soldier

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-One of the soldiers who escaped the deadly attack on the military formation in Metele in Borno state has narrated how he escaped. Over 100 soldiers attached to 157 task force battalion were reportedly killed in the attack while the armoury at the formation was looted. The Islamic State in West Africa […]

Caravan Migrant: Trump Threatens To Permanently Close Mexico Border

LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Trump threatened Monday to close the southern border “permanently” unless Mexico sends asylum-seekers — many of whom he described as “stone cold criminals” — back to where they came from. “Mexico should move the flag waving Migrants, many of whom are stone cold criminals, back to their countries. Do it by […]

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