LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It was lamentation galore on Saturday at Shonola Street in Aguda-Ogba area of Lagos State as goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire outbreak at a building housing multiple shops. An eyewitness told Channels Television at the scene of the incident on Saturday that the fire started from a…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to inaugurate Africa’s first mega bus terminal, Oshodi Transport Interchange before May 29, officials of the Lagos State Government have confirmed. Besides, the president will equally unveil the 10-lane Oshodi-Murtala Mohammed International Airport road, another iconic transport infrastructure project the administration of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode executed under…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The University of Ibadan community has been thrown into mourning session following the sudden death of one of its staff. The lecturer, Dr O. A. Subair, of the Department of Mathematics, reportedly committed suicide. The university don set himself on fire on Monday afternoon in his senior staff quarters located at Phillipson…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Tracka, a subsidiary of BudgIT, which tracks the implementation of government projects in their community, on Friday released its report on 2018 road construction by the Akinwunmi Ambode-led government in Lagos State. A statement by Damen Ilevbaoje, Head, Tracka, said while the breakdown of the total cost (N18,545,657,940.00), remains unknown to the…
LAGOS APRIL 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pro-Niger Delta group, Niger Delta Oil Communities Agenda NIDOCA, has commended the Chairman, Board of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu and Group Managing Director, GMD, of NNPC, Maikanti Baru for the remarkable achievements, transformation and transparency in the country oil sector. The…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A woman in South Africa has been arrested after videos surfaced appearing to show a person hitting children and forcing them to clean. One clip shows a woman shouting at a girl who appears to have vomited, before hitting her on the head. The footage was filmed in Johannesburg a year ago…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Saudi Arabia has reportedly detained at least 10 people, including two U.S. dual nationals, in what one human rights groups called on Friday a “new campaign of arbitrary arrests” aimed at advocates for free speech and human rights. “We reject this vicious crackdown and call for the immediate release of all prisoners…
The House of Representatives Committee on Tourism and Culture, yesterday, queried the General Manager of National Theatre, Dr Stella Oyedepo, for spending N29 million to renovate toilets. Oyedepo while reviewing her 2018 budget performance told the lawmakers that she expended N29 million to renovate toilets in the National Theatre. This did not go down well…