Archive for: April, 2020

Lockdown Relaxation: Banks To Open In Abuja, Lagos, Ogun From Monday

LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- The Federal Government says banks will open for commercial operations in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States beginning Monday, May 4. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, disclosed this in an ongoing update in Abuja monitored by The PUNCH. Aliyu said banks would be allowed […]

Shocking: Man Reports Self To Police After Bag Of Beans He Stole Got Stuck To His Head

LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Pandemonium rocked Edo State earlier today, April 28, as a man surrendered himself to the police after the bag of beans he stole refused to leave his head. It was revealed that the man confessed to stealing the bag of beans to the Police. The men of the police command has […]

Buhari Appoints Dead Former-Lawmaker To Board Of Federal Character Commission

LAGOS APRIL 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)- President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a dead former lawmaker from Ebonyi State, Tobias Chukwuemeka Okwuru, to the board of the Federal Character Commission. The appointment of the late Okwuru alongside 37 others was contained in a letter Buhari sent to the Nigerian Senate for confirmation. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, read out […]

NDDC: Dubious, Corrupt Contractors Behind Attacks On Akpabio- Ex-Militants

LAGOS APRIL 29TH  (NEWSRANGERS Ex-militants in the Niger Delta region, have alleged that certain dubious and corrupt contractors to the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC were sponsoring the incessant attacks against Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs. The ex-militants who spoke through their leader, Gen. Romeo Fynebone, Coordinator, Niger Delta Liberation Movement  NDLM, […]

NDDC Places Key Senior Officials On Mandatory Leave Pending Conclusion Of Forensic Audit

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)– The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has placed some members of staff on mandatory leave pending the conclusion and outcome of the on-going forensic audit. A statement from the commission says the action is based on the advice of the Lead Consultant on the Forensic Audit exercise, which has been accepted […]

Presidency Commences Investigation To Unravel Individual Behind Leakage Of Buhari’s Speech

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Presidency officials  have s commenced an investigation to unravel individuals behind the leakage of the draft speech delivered by Muhammadu Buhari on Monday to update the nation on the ravaging coronavirus and the lockdown to prevent the spread of the disease. The fake version of the address, which found its way onto […]

Peter Obi Hails Okonjo-Iweala On WHO Appointment

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) -Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on her recent appointment by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Special Envoy for WHO’s Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator. Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) […]

War Against Covid-19:Trump Calls Buhari, Promises To Send Ventilators To Nigeria

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) -President Donald Trump called President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday and promised to help Nigeria fight the deadly coronavirus. He promised to send ventilators. “President Muhammadu Buhari had a phone conversation with the US President Donald Trump today, the two leaders discussed Nigeria’s efforts to defeat the COVID–19 Pandemic, and President Trump pledged […]

IMF Approves $3.4bn Loan For Nigeria To Fight Coronavirus

LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) -Nigeria’s request for $3.4 billion from the International Monetary Fund to fight the devastating effect of the COVID-19 has been approved. The loan which has a maximum repayment period of five years was approved by the Fund’s Executive Board Tuesday. The IMF in a statement said its Executive Board approved the […]

Poisonous Rice Saga: Maritime Editors Demand Sack Of Customs Boss

 LAGOS APRIL 29TH (NEWSRANGERS) The League of Maritime Editors and Publishers (LMEP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS),  Rtd Col. Hammed Ali for donating  920,000 bags of  contaminated rice to the states in the South West as part of the palliatives over the ravaging […]

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