LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two safety agencies of Lagos State Government on Monday discovered five containers laden with rotten fish and other edibles in Apapa area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the shocking discovery was made during a site inspection of the containers following reports of air pollution and release…
LAGOS OCTOBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Africa’s largest oil refinery will deliver its fuels to Nigerian consumers via roads and sea ports and will effectively replace all of Nigeria’s fuel imports once fully operational, a company executive said on Tuesday. The 650,000 barrel per day Dangote oil refinery is under construction in Lagos, the biggest city in the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Deep in the tropical forest in southern Nigeria, an evangelical pastor runs a sprawling camp billed as a refuge for thousands of children who fled the Boko Haram jihadist insurgency in the north. Solomon Folorunsho, known as Pastor Solomon, says he is on a self-proclaimed mission to help humanity, creating the International…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived in the King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr President is in Riyadh to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII). Under the theme, ‘‘What’s Next for Global Business?’’, the event, which holds from October 29-31, will focus on three key pillars: Sustainable Future, Technology…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The lawmaker representing Yagba-East/Yagba-West/Mopamuro Federal Constituency of Kogi State, Mr Leke Abejide, has called for the relocation of the Nigerian Ports Authority from the First Gate of the Apapa Port, as part of the measures towards reducing the gridlock in the area. Abejide, at a press conference in Abuja on Monday, noted…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Herdsmen, cattle rearers or any other person (s) who rear or graze cattle or any other livestock openly in any part of Oyo State now risk at least five (5) years jail term or a fine of five hundred thousand naira (500,000.00) or both if found guilty. The punishments attached to open…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Consequences from the recent alleged siege of the Benin residence of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, seem to be unfolding, as the Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Security, Mr Andrew Momodu, was arrested Sunday night by policemen from Abuja over the incident. Following the…
LAGOS OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A policeman has allegedly shot himself after killing his wife for filing a divorce against him in Lagos. The policeman was living with his Prison Warden wife inside Prison Barracks on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi. It was gathered that the tragedy occurred Sunday night during a scuffle between husband and wife. A neighbour…