LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Building Control Agency, on Friday morning, commenced the demolition of defective buildings within Lagos Island. About 180 houses will be demolished in the exercise, according to the General Manager of LASBCA, Mr Lekan Shodeinde. He said 20 would be demolished on Friday. The agency’s task force began with the…
LAGOS MARCH 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-No fewer than forty nine people were killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday when a gunman opened fire inside two mosques. The shootings were categorized as a terrorist attack. “It’s something that we never expected to have happen here,” Christchurch MP Gerry Brownlee told…
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 14, 2019/ — Dangote Fertilizer Limited has entered into a long-term agreement with Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) for the delivery of Natural Gas from Chevron’s supply portfolio to the fertilizer plant, which is poised to start operations soon. The contract, under the Gas Sale and Aggregation Agreement (GSAA) is part of International…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Industrial Court, Lagos Division, has resolved a 33-year dispute between The Guardian newspaper and its one-time foreign correspondent in the United States, Dr Ode Okore. The court, in a judgement by Justice Nelson Ogbuanya, awarded a total of $99,599 and a separate N3m against The Guardian in favour of Okore….
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-On Thursday, senior leaders from the U.S. Africa Command and the Nigerian Navy, representatives of maritime forces from the Gulf of Guinea, Europe, North and South America, as well as regional and international organizations, gathered in Lagos for the opening ceremony of the 2019 Obangame Express. Now in its ninth year, Obangame…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23, 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has commiserated with the Government and people of Lagos State on the collapse, on Wednesday, of a three-storey building in the Ita Faji area of Lagos Island, which claimed several lives, including those of…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A pregnant woman, the proprietor of a Nursery/Primary School and 19 others, including no fewer than 12 pupils, died in the collapsed building at Massey Street, Itafaji on Lagos Island, Lagos State on Wednesday, witnesses and hospital sources said. However, the National Emergency Management Agency said eight persons died, while 34 others…
LAGOS MARCH 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Joseph Karanja lost his wife, daughter and three grandchildren in the Ethiopian Airline crash that happened on March 10 He said his wife had traveled to visit their daughter in Canada and was returning home after six months The five who perished were traveling back to Kenya for Easter holidays Karanja said…